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Jaina-Rupa-Mandana
Nos.
Symbols
Vähana
Complexion
eagle
3. sword and disc in two right
hands, one left hand carries
the cakra, rest symbols mutilated 4. r. sword, ?, crescent moon, cakra, śarkha,
vajra, japanālā, varada 1. conical object(?), shield, gada, cakra,
trident, vajra, kalasa, indistinct
(three eyes) 5. r. mace, sword, trident, disc, bow,
pot, X, X 1. spear, shield, arrow, dagger,
conical object (?), X. X, X
XII. Twenty-Armed Variety
Nos.
Symbols
Váhana
eagle
1. r. 1. cakra
r. 2. vajra r. 3. goad (?) r. 4. rosary r. 5. mudgara r. 6. cakra r. 7. sword r. 8. club (?) r. 9. bag (?) r. 10. cakra r. 1. cakra r. 2. cakra r. 3. cakra r. 4. X r. 5. X 1. 6. X r. 7. X 1. 8. x (gadā) r. 9. X r. 10. rosary
2.
1. 1. cakra 1. 2. bell 1. 3. shield 1. 4. ? (staff) 1. 5. bow 1. 6. sankha 1. 7. cakra 1. 8. cakra 1. 9. arrow 1. 10. cakra 1. 1. cakra 1. 2. cakra 1. 3. shield 1. 4. X 1. 5. X 1. 6. x 1. 7. x 1. 8. X 1. 9. X 1. 10. sarkha
eagle
II. Yakși Ambikā—the Sāsanadevatā of Neminātha
Ambika-devi is well-known in the Jaina Pantheon as the Yakşi or the Sāsanadevată of the twentysecond Tirthankara known variously as Nemi, Neminátha or Ariştanemi. The origin of this deity is shrouded in mystery, but legendary accounts are found in the Jaina Puranas and other works. An account from the Ambika-devi-kalpa composed by Jinaprabhasūri in the fourteenth century A.D. is given below.72
In the city of Kodinār, situated in Saurastra, there once lived an orthodox learned Brähmana called
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| SR No. | 001961 |
| Book Title | Jain Rup Mandan |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Umakant P Shah |
| Publisher | Abhinav Publications |
| Publication Year | 1987 |
| Total Pages | 466 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English & Art |
| File Size | 27 MB |