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Yakṣis, carved all along the temple facade. The idea of associating a Yakṣi with each of the 24 Jinas with different appellations was manifested at Deogarh but their individual iconography, excepting Ambika, a Yakṣi of older tradition, was not yet settled. 'Ambayikā' as the inscription calls her, stands without her vahana. She bears flower (or fruit), fly-whisk, lotus and child in her hands. The absence of the lion mount and the amra-lumbi, the invariable features of Ambika, in the present instance is surprising, specially in view of
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Deogarh (Lalitpur U.P.), c. 10th century (p. 71)
