Jaya Group of Goddesses

SR No.: 250192
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Umakant P Shah
Publisher: Z_Vijay_Vallabh_suri_Smarak_Granth_012060.pdf
Publication Year: 1956
Total Pages: 4
Language: English
Classification: Article & Shasan Deva and Devi
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JAINISM
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of Parsvanātha in the Mantrādhirāja-Yantra, according to Sagaracandra, and in the yantra on the last verse of the Bhayaharastotra. According to Sagaracandra, Jaya is white, four-armed and shows the chowrie, the rosary, the varada mudrā and the fruit (bijapūraka = citron). Putting on white garments, she rides on the elephant.
Jayā is also worshipped in the third sthāna, called Vijjāpada (Vidyāpada) in the Sūrividya-diagram, along with Vijayā, Jayanti, Nandā and Bhadrā, as attendants of Sri.8
Jayā, Vijayā, Jayanti and Aparajită are called Upavidyās of the Bahubali Mahavidyā in the Sürimantra-Durgapadavivarana. They are worshipped in the second pitha of the Sūrimantra, which contains the Bahubalividyās used for Nimittakathana. Works on Sūrimantra refer to mantras which they assign to Jayādividyās (i.e. Jayā, Vijayā, Jayantă and Aparājitā).
In the diagram (mandala) for the propitiation of Sarasvati, in the tradition (ämnāya) of Bappabhatti Sūri, Nandā, Mohā, Jayā, Vijaya, Aparājitā, Jambhā and Stambhā are invoked and worshipped.10
Thus these goddesses are included as the parivāradevatās of both Śri and Sarasvati.
Jayā, Vijayā, Ajitā (same as Jayantā or Jayanti of other texts) and Aparājitā are invoked by Mānadeva Sūri in his Laghuśāntistava and the Śäntimantra given therein.11 They are supposed to bestow peace and 4. Manträdhirājakalpa, in the Mantradhirajacintāmaņi, p. 232. 5. Mantrådhirajacintamani, p. 29. 6. Ibid. pp. 258, 265. For a mantra of Jay, and Vijayā see, ibid. p. 264.
Sthāna here conveys a meaning similar to that of prākāra noted above. Pada
in the expression Vijjāpada also means the same. 8. Sūrividya-stotra, Bhairava-Padmăvati-Kalpa, app. 29, p. 112.
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वर्णाः ३० जयादि विद्याः । अस्य पीठस्य अधिष्ठात्री मानुषोत्तरशिखरवासिनी सहस्रभुजा त्रिभुवनस्वामिनी । 9. Sūrimantramukhyakalpa in Sūrimantra-kalpa-sandoha, p. 14.
Also see Sūrimantra-Durgapada-Vivarana, in ibid., pp. 45 ff. 10. Bhairava-Padmăvati-Kalpa app. 11, pp. 61 ff. 11. Ibid., app. 31, pp. 131 ff.