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Jaina Tirthankara Chandraprabha Standing in Meditation (Art Institute of Chicago)

Schist sculpture, Karnataka, 12th century, Art Institute of Chicago

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A schist sculpture from Karnataka, India, carved in the twelfth century, portraying Chandraprabha standing in the kayotsarga meditation posture. Given to the Art Institute of Chicago by the Alsdorf Foundation and held today in its Arts of Asia department, accession 1996.699.

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Chicago, Cities

This source names Chicago directly: "Given to the Art Institute of Chicago by the Alsdorf Foundation and held today in its Arts of Asia department, accession 1996.699."

Karnataka, Regions

This source names Karnataka directly: "A schist sculpture from Karnataka, India, carved in the twelfth century, portraying Chandraprabha standing in the kayotsarga meditation posture."

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Chandraprabha, Figures

The Art Institute of Chicago's own title for this twelfth-century sculpture names Chandraprabha as the Tirthankara depicted, standing in meditation.

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