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MARUTI NANDAN TIWARI JAINA YAŞI AMBIKA
the manuscript represents her as Amogha-vagiśvari and Sarasvati as mentioned in Jaina stutis.
Of several identical images, one four-armed image from Terḍal (Bijapur, Karnataka-12th century A.D.) represents Ambika as carrying bunch of mangoes, goad, noose and fruit along with two sons standing nearby. It may be noted here in passing that the rendering of a goad and a noose in two upper hands with four-armed Ambika is envisaged only by the Svetambara texts.
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U.P. Shah, 'Iconography of Jaina Goddess Ambika' Jour of University of Bombay, Vol IX, 1940-41, pp. 147-69; Maruti Nandan Prasad Tiwari, Ambika in Jaina Art & Literature, New Delhi, 1987.
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