Vintage 19 Cen Small Indian Deity Jain Saint Tirthankara Cast Bronze Statue

ON AUCTION IS A SMALL VINTAGE CAST BRONZE STATUE OF AN INDIAN DIETY JAIN SAINT TIRTHANKARA IN A STIFFY STANDING POSE (CALLED DISMISSING THE BODY) WITH ARMS POINTED STRAIGHT DOWN ALONGSIDE THE BODY.
 
The Tirthankaras are the 24 enlightened teachers or saints in Indian Jainism Religion who have achieved liberation from the endless cycle of birth and death, also known as moksha.
 
In art the Tirthankara is commonly represented as standing stiffly in the pose known as kayotsarga (dismissing the body). The images are often cast in metal like brass or bronze, the cold surfaces serving to emphasize  the frozen detachment from life. 
 
Images of the Tirthankara are not worshiped as personal gods capable of giving blessings or interfering with human events. Rather, Jain believers pay them homage as representatives of great beings in the hope that they may be filled with a sense of renunciation and the highest virtues and thus encouraged along the path toward their final liberation.

DIMENSIONS: 42MM WIDE 8.5CM HIGH
WEIGHT 140G
 
CONDITION: IN GOOD ANTIQUE CONDITION.
 
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