[INDOLOGY] question about a Jaina practice

[John Huntington]

The yopgapaṭa (ayogapaṭṭa) occurs in two or three relief scened at Sāñchī
Stūpa one.  The example included is in  the top panel of the south face of
the north pillar of the west toraṇa. While it is impossible to identify the
specific religious practice of the yogin in the relief, he could be a Jain
as we know that the were active and producing their own are as early as the
first century BCE (at Mathura) and possibly earlier, i.e. the Lohanipur
torso from the mauryan period.

John C. Huntington

On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 10:10 AM Tieken, H.J.H. via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> Dear List members,
>
> Jaina monks, or their followers, are often depicted sitting with a strap
> going around their bodies and legs. (a few years ago I saw this contraption
> in a posh interior decorating shop in Leiden as an alternative chair!)
> Could anyone tell me if this strap, or sitting supported by this strap, had
> a (Sanskrit, MIA or NIA) name. By the way, it is not a particular Jaina
> practice. If I remember well, the strap can also be seen on, for instance,
> the Borobudur.
>
> Herman
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