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Jain Siddhapratima yantra

Title

Year/Period

20th century

Region

North India

Material

bronze

Technique

cast

Dimension

Object Size: 17.9 x 11.0 x 3.2 cm

Accession No.

2017-00059

Collection of

Asian Civilisations Museum

The Siddhapratima Yantra, meaning magical diagram depicting a perfected being, shows the silhouette of a Jina from the Digambara sect of Jainism. It is cut out of a copper plaque which is stele-shaped with a stepped base, the usual style of a sculpture, except there is a space where the figure would be. This type of image is a way of showing a formless form. It denotes the ultimate transcendence of the perfected being.