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32a. M.N.P. Tiwari has identified in all five figures of
Bharata at Devgadh. Of these some are portrayed with a Tirthankara and Bahubali as Tri-Tirthika images,
Tiwari, Elements of Jaina Iconography, pp. 106-109. 33. Samavāyanga sutra, pp. 152-58, s. 158-59. Also see
Āvaśyaka Niryukti, gäthäs 375fT. Trisasi, I (GOS),
pp. 350-51 for $ve. lists; the Vasudevahindi gives • accounts of Kanha, Tivitha. Purisapundariya, Purisut
tama and Lakhana. 34. Paumacuri yam of Vimalasuri and Padmacarita of Ravi
sepa especially deal with the life-story of Laksmana, the 8th Vasudeva and Räma, his brother, the 8th Baladeva. For a discussion on the Jaina versions of the Rāma-story, see Narasimhachar, D.L., The Jaina Rama yanas, IHQ, XV, pp. 575-594, Rev. Dr. C. Bulcke, Rama-Katha (Hindi). Kulkarni, V.M., Jaina Ramayanas and their source, The Ramayana
: Asia (Delhi, 1980), pp. 226ff. 35. Krsna-Vasudeva is referred to in the Urtaradhyayana,
xxii (SBE), p. 113 and Nayādhammakahão, 1.xvi, pp. 68, 176f, Nirayavalião, v. 1; also see Krsna in Jaina Legends.
Deshpande, M.N., Jaina Antiquary, X, pp. 25ff. 36. Trilokasära, gåtha 825; Varängacarita, 27, 42, p. 268;
Tiloyapannatti, 1.4.1412, p. 329. 37. Avasyaka Niryukli, gatha 402; Trisasi, I (GOS LI),
p. 350; Trisasi, IV.1.235ff (GOS CVIII), p. 18. Mahapurána of Puspadanta; Adipuräna; Uttarapurana of
Gunabhadra, 57, vv. 9011. Harivamia, 35.35; 41.36-37. 38. Kalalokaprakasa, 31, v. 462-483; Brhat-Samgrahani, v.
304, p. 119; Abhidhana-Cintamani, II. 128-37. Trişusti, IV.1.524ff (GOS CVIII), p. 43. Note the following from Samava yanga, sū. 158, p. 152/: tacitazगरुलकेऊमहाधणुविकट्टया'****"अद्धभरहसामी...""हलमुसलकणकपाणी संखचक्कगयसत्तिनं दगधरा पवरुज्जलविमलगोत्थुभतिरीडधारी कुडलउज्जोइयाणणा पुंडरीयणयणा एकावलिकण्ठलइयवच्छा सिरिवच्छसुलछणा वरजसा सब्बोउयसुरभिकुसुमरचितपलबसोहंतकंतधिकसंतविचित्तवरमाल2699581"*****ferrata luuaste
g a दुवे रामकेसवा भायरो होत्या....| 39. Prašnavyákarana, pp. 250ff: ...fal after
हलमसलकणगपाणी संखचक्कगवसत्तिणंदगधरा पवरुज्जलसुकयविमलकोथूतिरीडधारी कुंडलउज्जोविया गणा पुंडरीयणयणा एगावलीकंठरइयवच्छा सिखिच्छमुलंछणा बरजसा सम्वोउयसुरभिकुसुमरइयपलबसोहतवियसंतविचित्तवणमालरइयवच्छा' ' . 'कडिसुतकनीलपीयकोसेज्जargar EETTI Thus in both the Samavaya and the Pruśta, the descriptions are identical, the symbol of sakti is however the special attribute of Kumāra Skanda in Hindu Icono
graphy. 40. Uttaradhya yana (SBE), p. 113. 41. Pradyumnacarita, 3, vv. 73-76. 42. Tiloyapannatti, 1.4.1434, p. 332; Uttarapura a of Guna
bhadra, op. cit. 43. C. Winternitz. History of Indian Literature, II, p. 487. 44. Jaina Agamas often refer to festivals and shrines of
Indra, Rudri, Skanda, Mukunda, Vasudeva, Nága. Yakşa and others, apparently as beyond the sphere of Jaina worship, but widely current amongst the masses, and the references show their existence probably as early as the age of Mahavira, see Jain, J.C., op. cit., pp. 215-225. Also see Benjamin Presiado-Solis, The
Jaina-Rupa-Mandana Krsna Cycle in the Puranas (Delhi, 1984), chps. 1 and 2.
pp. 1-39. 45. Conversely, later on, when the Hindu Puranas were
recast, Rşabha, the first Jaina Tirthankara, was given a place in the Vaisnava cult as one of the twenty-four incarnations of Vişnu. The Bhagavata Purana reference to Rsabha perhaps shows the spirit of synthesis and assimilation of the Hindu Puranas, or. an ancient Indian deity or sage Rsabha was adopted and assimilated by the Brahmanical faith as well as by Jainas in their Puranas. Rşabha is referred to in Bhagavara, V.3. 20: 4.2; V.4.9, as also in Brahmanda Purana, Purva II.14; Vişnu Purana, 11.1.27-32; Vayu Pu., 31.50-52: Märkarde ya Pu., 50.39-41, Nrsimha Pu., 30.7, Śiva Pu., VII.9.3 etc. However, B.N. Sharma's attempt to prove hoary antiquity of Jaina Rsabha, in his Intro. to the second ed. of B.C. Bhattacharya's Jaina Iconography with the help of Rgvedic passages where the word Rsabha occurs,
is not convincing. 46. Samarāyanga, sū. 159, pp. 153ff. Also, Trişasti I (GOS).
P. 350. 47. Varängacarita, 27.43, p. 268; Tiloyapannatti, 1.4.1411,
p. 328; Trilokasáru, gathả 827. 48. Kalalokaprakāša, vv. 484ff; Saniavāyanga and Prašça
vyakarana passages quoted in the section on Vasudevas; Vasudevahindi, 1.78, 81, 312, 326; Uttarapuraça of Guna
bhadra, 57, v. 93. 49. The Bhăşya-gåthi quoted on p. 237 of Avasyaka-Vrtti
of Haribhadra, shows that Baladevas fought with the plough and the pestle only: hohinti Vasudeva nava anne nilapiakosija, halamusalacakkajohi sarala-garula-jjhaya... Avasyaka Bhasya, verse 39. Also see Abhidhana Cintamani, 2.138f. Also see Samaväyänga sätra, sü158
and Sthanaigu, sū. 672. 50. Tiloyapannatti, 1.4.1435, p. 332, Urtarupurana, 57-93. 51. See Srivastava, V.N., Some Interesting Jaina Sculptures
in the State Museumi, Lucknow, Bulletin of Archaeology and Museums, U.P. (Sangrahálanu Puratasha Patrika), no. 9 (1972), pp. 45-52 and figs. 5, Sa, 5b (no. J.47),
fig. 6 (no. J.117), fig. 7 (no. J.60), fig. 8 (no. J.83). 52. Agrawala, V.S., A Fragmentary Sculpture of Neminarha
in the Lucknow Museum, Jaina Antiquary, VIII.2, pp. 45ff and plate No. J.89 in Lucknow Museum. Also see his paper Some Brahmanical Deities in Jaina Religious Art, in ibid., III. 83-92. Agrawala has referred to no. 2502 of Mathura Museum showing Neminatha with
Balarama and Krsna. 53. Samavāväriga sutrasu. 159, p. 153: Vasudevahindi,
pp. 275-78, 313f, 80ff, 1188. 348f, 240; Trisasi I (GOS), p. 352; Varārgacarita, 27.44. p. 268; Tilo rupanratti,
4.1413, Vol. I, p. 329. 54. The Digambara text Mahapuránu (Gunabhadra) how
ever gives the following Prati-Vasudevas in its accounts: Ašvagrira, Taraka, Madhu, Madhusudana,
Madhuhdu. Nisumbhu Bali. Rarara and Jarasandha. 55. Trilokusāra, gåtha 828. 56. Cr. Trişasti, op. cit. 57. Jambadve puprajnapri, vol. I, p. 164. 58. Sıhandriga sülni, vol. I, pp. 75, 123. 59. Cf. Sänticandra's commentary on Jambudi paprajnapti,
2, sū. 3, p. 161.
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