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5. Mahäkäli, 6. Achyuta, 7. Shäntä, 8. Jwala, 9. Sutarkä, 10. Ashoka, 11. Shrivatsä, 12. Chanda, 13. Vijaya, 14. Ankushi, 15. Pannaga, 16. Nirvani, 17. Achyutä, 18. Dhärini, 19. Vairotyä, 20. Achchuptä, 21. Gändhari, 22. Ambä, 23. Padmavati, 24. Sidhdhäyika.
After the Tirthankaras and the Säshan-devtäs, Goddesses of wisdom (Vidyä-devis) enjoyed the highest veneration; these goddesses are more or less identical to the Hindu tantrik deities. There are of course more then sixteen Vidya-devis. The word vidyä is sometimes used in tantric practice and because there are hundreds of practices or methods, there are hundreds of Vidya-devis.. However, it seems that the Jains have arrived at a list of sixteen Vidyä-devis and they have been named in this stotra. There is a slight difference in the list of names between the Shvetämbara and Digambara traditions.
Here sixteen goddesses are listed. They are same as in smarana No. 9 (Brihad Shänti) except that the sixth goddess, Apratichakrä, is called Chakreshvari. These goddesses are:
Rohini, Pragnapti, Vajrashrukhlä, Vajränkushi, Chakreshvari, Purushdattä, Käli, Mahäkäli, Gori, Gändhäri, Sarvashrä- Mahäjvälä, Mänvi, Vairutyä, Achuptä, Mänsi, Mahämänsi.
Jains also mention the Indras in many of the recitations. Indras are the kings of the gods of the different heavens. There are sixty-four Indras as per the Shvetämbara account and as many as one hundred Indras as per the Digambara account. Jains even worship some gods of the Hindu-pantheon. They are:
Indra, Agni, Varuna, Väyu, Kubera, Isäna, Näga and Brahmä.
Some protectors of various directions or fields are named as lokpäla gods. They are: Väsava, Aaditya, Skanda and Vinayak.
