Bahubali
unknown dates, before written history
aka: Gommateshvara
unknown dates, before written history
aka: Gommateshvara
youngest son of the 100 children of the first Jaina
teerthankara, Lord Rishabha
revered as a great meditator in Indian religious history
giant statue, 60 feet high, carved out of a single block
of stone is a major pilgrimage site in
Shravanabelagola, Karnataka, India.
created c. 980 CE.
teerthankara, Lord Rishabha
revered as a great meditator in Indian religious history
giant statue, 60 feet high, carved out of a single block
of stone is a major pilgrimage site in
Shravanabelagola, Karnataka, India.
created c. 980 CE.
| In South India there is perhaps the best sculpted and the greatest statue in the world. It is in a place called Gomteshwar. It is the statue of a Jaina sannyasin, Bahubali. The word bahubali means man of strong arms; and he was really a giant of a man. He was the son of a king, and the king became a monk. The king's eldest son's name was Bharat, and because of this man's name, India's oldest name is Bharat, the land of Bharat. --Osho From Misery to Enlightenment, ch. 19 |
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