Jina Ajitanatha is the second Jain savior (tirthankara) of the present time cycle of Jain cosmology. He is seated in a floral bower with his identifying symbol, an elephant, depicted on the base of his throne pedestal. Ajitanatha is painted a golden color, per the iconographic stipulations of Jain texts. He wears a floral garland and a bejeweled crown and ornaments. Crowned divinities stand beside him waiving honorific flywhisks and making offerings of blossoms and garlands. Celestial females flying overhead shower him with flower petals. The devotional scene is set in the forest amidst a marvelous riot of vegetation. The specific event portrayed may be Ajitanatha receiving homage in heaven from the gods before his descent to mortal existence or the worship of his image as a form of darshana (spiritual viewing) prior to the commencement of the narration of his life during Jain rituals.  

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