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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17. Tiwari, Maruti Nandan Prasad, Elements of Jaina Iconography, p. 44. 18. Govt. Museum, Mathura, Acc. No. D7 (c. 9th century A.D.) B65 (c. 8th century A.D.) and State Museum, Lucknow, Acc. No. J 78 (c. 8th century A.D.).
19. The figure labelled as Ambayikā is carved with her traditional Jina Neminatha on the facade in the group of the twenty-four Yakṣis. 20. Nirvāṇa-kalikā, 18.22; Trişaşti-salākāpuruṣa-caritra,
8.9.385-86;
Acara-dinakara, 34.22.
21. Rao, T.A. Gopinatha, Elements of Hindu Iconography, Vol. I, Pt. II, Varanasi, 1971, reprint, pp. 361-66.
22. Hari-vamsa-puraṇa, 66.45; Ambika-devi-kapla (61st chapter of kalpa-pradipa, p. 107) : निवारेइ विग्घ-संघायं.
The Jaina Yakṣīs Ajitā, Kālikā, Mahākālī, Sāntā, Aśokā, Jvālāmālinī, Mānavi, Gaurī, Ankuśā, Jaya, Dharini, Camuṇḍā, Padmavati and also Sarasvati are likewise provided with goad and noose in two of their hands.
23. Devi-māhātmya, 8.12-23. The Mātṛkās were none else but respective Saktis, issued forth and endowed with exceeding vigour and strength of different principal Brahminic deities such as Brahma, Śiva, Vişņu, Guha, (Kartikeya) and Indra.
24. Ambika-devi-stuti of Jineśvara Sūri (Appendix 21 of Bhairava-Padmä
vati-kalpa, p. 96).
25. धनुर्बाण - दण्डासि- चक्राम्बुजानेक-शस्त्रोदिते! सृष्टि संहार कर्त्रि... Ambika- tatarika (as appendix 18 of Bhairava-Padmavati-kalpa, p. 91).
26. The Västu-vidya of Viśvakarma gives their detailed list. The names of Umā, Pārvati, Gauri, Lalita, Śriyä, Kṛṣṇā, Himavanti, Rambha, Savitri, Tri-jaṭā, Totalā, Tri-pură are included in the list of twelve Guaris while Totalā, Tri-purā, Saubhagya, Vijaya, Gauri, Parvati, Śūleśvari, Lalita, iśvari, Māneśvari, Umā, Vīņā, Hastini, Trinetrā, Ramaṇā, Trailokyavijayā, Kameśvarī, Rakta-netrā, Candi, Jangha, Jambhini, Navalaprabha and Bhairavi are referred to as twenty-four Pārvatīs. The list of Nava-durgas includes Mahalakṣmi, Nandā, Kṣemankarī, Śivadūti, Mahācaṇḍā, Bhramari, Sarva-mangalā, Raivati and Harasiddhi. 27. Ambika-taḍamka and Ambikä-stavana of Vastupala (appendices No. 19 and 20 of Bhairava-Padmavati-kalpa, p. 92-95).
Chapter 3
1. सिंहयाना हेमवर्णा सिद्धबुद्धसमन्विता । कम्राम्रलुम्बिभृत्पाणिरत्राम्बा सङ्घविघ्नहत् । ।
Úrjjayanta-stave (verse 13) of Kalpa-pradīpa or Vividha-tirtha-kalpa (Ed. Jina Vijaya, Singhi Jaina Series No. 10, Pt. I, Santiniketan, 1934). 2. Rúpa-mandana 6. 25-26.