Jaina Monuments Of Orissa

SR No.: 022826
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: R P Mohapatra
Publisher: D K Publications
Publication Year: 1984
Total Pages: 384
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 20 MB

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Jaina Monuments of Orissa
6. Manovega
Manovegā, as the Sāsanadevi of the sixth Tirthankara, Padmaprabha has been depicted with her mount swan in Bārabhuji-Gumphā only. She is seated in lalita pose on a plain pedestal and provided with an oval halo behind head. Though four handed, she does not confirm to the textual description of the attributes of sword, lance, fruit and vara mudrā and the mount horse. Here she holds in her left hands a conch (?) and banner and in the upper right a three-pronged object (vajra), lower right being as usual in varada.32
7. Kāli
The only figure of Kāli, the Sāsanadevi of Suparśvanātha, the seventh Tirthankara is depicted in Bārabhuji-Gumphā seated in lalitasana pose on a plain pedestal displaying peacock as her mark of cognizance. She has an oval shaped halo behind head. In her eight hands, she is shown with varada niudrā, a bowl of fruits, lance (?) and sword in the right, conch, hammer (?) and spear in the left contrary to the description in the texts in which case she is four-armed displaying a trident, fruit, varada mudrā and bell. Her mount should also be a bull. Manovegā or "Swift as mind” is aptly symbolised by the vehicle of a horse known for its swiftness.33
8. Jvalāmālini
Jvalāmālini representing as Sāsanadevi of the eighth Tirthankara, Chandraprabha is also noticed within the group of figures in Bārabhuji-Gumphā. She is found here seated in lalita pose on a plain pedestal below which her mount, the lion depicted instead of the conventional buffalo. An oval shaped halo behind head is shown as usual. Here she is twelve-armed with the representation of varada mudrā dagger, disc, arrow, club (?) and sword in her right hands and again varada shield, bow, conch, noose and bell in the left, the last being held against the chest.
The textual description of the eight handed Jvalāmālini having buffalo as the mark of cognizance has little affinity except a few attributes with this figure.34
9. Mahākāji
Mahākāli, the Sasanadevī of Puşpadanta, the ninth Tirthankara of BārabhujiGumphā is available seated in lalitäsana pose on a pedestal. Her mount, the bull, contrary to tortoise appears below the pedestal. Suttāra, her counterpart in the Svetāmbara sect rides a bull. In the text, besides, the mount tortoise, she is represented with vajra, club, fruit and varada mudrā, disc (?) bird, bowl of fruits (?), and disc in the
32. Ibid, p. 126-27. 33. Ibid, p. 128. 34. Ibid, p. 129.