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Karmayogi Śri Kesarimalji Surāņā Abhinandana Grantha : Seventh Part
According to the Digambara Jaina Sect, the Cāitya (the Jina-image), Caityālaya (the shrine enshrined the Jina-image), the śruta (Jaina scripture) and the Dharma Cakra or the wheel of Law. These were represented as a diagram on stone or metal or painted on canvas or paper. The Svetambara diagram is called the Siddha-cakra while the Digambara one is called NavaDevatā.
In paintings of this diagram, according to the Svetāmbara tradition each of these five Parameşthins have particular complexion. Thus the Arhat, the Siddha, the Acārya, the Upadhyāva and the Sadhu are respectively white, red, yellow, blue and black in complexion.
REFERENCES
R. S. Gupta : Iconography of the Hindu, Buddhists and Jainas. U.S. Shah & M. A. Dhaky: Aspects of Jaina Art and Architecture. U. P. Shah : Studies in Jaina Art. Moti Chandra : Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India.
It is possible for an ambitious man to bear the iron darts when there is hope for a future gain, but he who without any hope of gain beareth piercing and prickly words is really venerable.
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For strokes of foul speech reaching the ears produce a feeling of enmity in the mind, but he who hath his senses restrained can tolerate out of piety and is therefore venerable.
-Bhagawāna Mahavira
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