Ambika on Jaina Art and Literature

SR No.: 002006
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Maruti Nandan Prasad Tiwari
Publisher: Bharatiya Gyanpith
Publication Year: 1989
Total Pages: 184
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Art, & Literature
File Size: 15 MB

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44. Nirvana-kalikā, Mantradhiraja-kalpa (of Sagara-chandra Sūri, c. 13th
century A.D.), Ācāra-dinakara (of Vardhamana Sūri, A.D. 1412): Pratisthă-sära-samgraha (of Vasunandin, c. 12th century A.D.), Pratişthă-săroddhāra (of Āsādhara, c, A.D. 1228), and Pratisthā-tilaka (of Nemicandra, A.D. 1543).
Chapter 2 1. In the vast galaxy of Indian divinities a number of such folk-goddesses,
as Revati, Putană, Sita-pūtanā, Şaşthi, Jata-hārini, Sitalā and also Bahu-putrikā, both benevolent and malevolent in character, were regarded deities mainly of infants. Banerjea, J.N., The Development of Hindu Iconography, Calcutta, 1956, pp. 489-96, 563. Mitra,
Debala, Bronzes from Achutarajapur, Delhi, 1978, p. 44. 2. Bhattacharya, B.C., The Jaina Iconography, Delhi, 1974 (rep.), pp.
86, 104. Banerjea, J.N., op. cit., p. 563. Mitra, Debala, op. cit., p. 44. Mitra, Kalipada, "Note on Two Jaina Images”, Jr. Bihar-Orissa Research Society, Vol. XXVIII, Pt. 2, 1942, p. 205. Jain, S.K. "Some Common Elements in Jaina and Hindu Pantheons Yakshas and
Yakshinis", Jaina Antiquary, Vol. XVIII, No. 2, Dec. 1952, p. 22. 3. Bhattacharya, B.C., op. cit., p. 104. 4. Banerjea, J.N., op. cit., p. 563. 5. Mitra, Debala, op. cit., p. 44. 6. Mitra, Kalipada, op. cit., p. 205. 7. Jain, S.K., op. cit., p. 22. 8. Ambika-tādamka (Appendix 19 of Bhairava-Padmavati-kalpa, p. 93). 9. Bhagavati-sutra, 10.5, 18.2; Nirayāvaliyão, ii. 4, p. 79. Shah, U.P.,
"Yaksa Worship in Early Jaina Literature", Journal of Oriental Institute, Baroda, Vol. III, No. 1, Sept. 1953, pp. 54-71. Misra, Ramanath,
Yaksha Cult and Iconography, Delhi, 1981, p. 53. 10. Shah, U.P., 'Yaksa Worship in Jaina Literature' pp. 60-65. 11. Shah, U.P., Akotā Bronzes, p. 29, fn.6. Shah, U.P., "Introduction of
Śāsanadevatās in Jaina Worship", Proceedings & Trans. of Oriental Conference, 20th Session, Bhubaneswar, Oct. 1959, Poona, 1961,
p. 145. 12. Shah, U.P., "Introduction of Sāsanadevatās...", p. 145. 13. Ed. Pt. Dalsukh Malavania and Pt. Bechardas J. Doshi, L.D. Series,
No. 21, Ahmedabad, 1968. 14. Devi-mahātmya, 2.52, 3.1, 8.9, 10.24. 15. Ambika-devi-stuti, (Appendix 21 of Bhairava-Padmavati-kalpa, p. 96). 16. Shah, U.P., Akotā Bronzes, pp. 28-31. Shah, "Beginnings of Jaina
Iconography", p. 12.
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