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Tirthankara Suparsvanatha in Kayotsarga, Harvard Art Museums (2012.193)

Harvard Art Museums collection record, read 2026-08-19

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The Harvard Art Museums' own record for "Tirthankara Suparsvanatha in Kayotsarga, or Standing Meditation, Posture and Protected by a Five-Headed Naga," a cast bronze sculpture from India. The museum's own gallery text states this sculpture represents Suparshvanatha, the seventh jina, correcting an earlier identification as Parshvanatha. Accession 2012.193.

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Harvard Art Museums
URL
https://harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/337768
Source Type
Museum
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1
The holding museum's own collection record for the accessioned bronze, whose own title and gallery text name Suparshvanatha as the seventh jina depicted, correcting an earlier misidentification as Parshvanatha.
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Parshvanatha, Figures

This source names Parshvanatha directly: "The museum's own gallery text states this sculpture represents Suparshvanatha, the seventh jina, correcting an earlier identification as Parshvanatha."

This source names Suparshvanatha directly: "The museum's own gallery text states this sculpture represents Suparshvanatha, the seventh jina, correcting an earlier identification as Parshvanatha."

Claims Backed By This Source (12 claims)

This source backs 12 claims across the atlas. As facts: 6 well-attested. As cited relationships: 4 holds, 1 connected. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Sources, 7 claims: 5 well-attested, 2 holds.
  • Sacred Art & Iconography, 5 claims: 1 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 connected, 1 general references.
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