7. Bhuvalaya Grantha
The Bhuvalaya yantra is the key symbol of Bhuvalaya Grantha, a scripture containing the totality of literature that is possible on earth as per Jain belief. As the name reflects, the Bhuvalaya yantra, a symbolic expression in the form of a coil is made out of the alphabetical beads where each alphabet can be the opening point of the coil narrating a scripture of Dwadashang shrut. Indus scholars have called it a sketch of a womb and it is seen twice rock-inscribed on Vindhyagiri of the Sravana Belagola hill of Karnataka. Such rock inscribed sketches are also seen on rocks in the border regions of Pakistan and Iran.
The womb sketch
of Vindhyagiri, Karnataka
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These sketches show the close relation with the Bhuvalaya yantra of the Jain scriptures.
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