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These brackets support a complete set of images of sixteen Mahavidyas or vidyādevis. The vidyādevis have four arms each and are represented in the standing attitude, with their specific attributes and cognizances. Amongst these are Mānavi and
Mahāmănasi, the latter mounting a lion. Jambodvipa: 'the island of Yaksas and Yaksīs the rose-apple tree'. The disc of Jambadvipa is set within
From about the middle of the sixth century a sasanadevata its rampart of diamonds, which is surrounded by a pair - yakşa and yaksi- had been introduced on or near the fence of jewels crowned by a high garland of lotuses made pedestal of the jina image. The pair consisted of a Kubera-like twofrom the gems.
armed yaksa called Sarvănubhūti, usually carrying a citron and Gouache on cloth, 16th cen- a money-bag, and the two-armed yakşi Ambikā, generally holdtury, Gujarat Courtesy: Ravi Kumar, The
ing a bunch of mangoes in her right hand and a child on her left Jain Cormology
lap with her left hand.
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