Sramana 2006 01

SR No.: 525057
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Shreeprakash Pandey
Publisher: Parshvanath Vidhyashram Varanasi
Publication Year: 2006
Total Pages: 170
Language: Hindi
Classification: Magazine, India_Sramana, & India
File Size: 8 MB

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Jaina Śāsanadevatās : Source and Iconography : 141
and Ambika were shown as the common to all the Jina, which show the early form of Yakṣa-Yakṣi pair. In the second stage the yakṣayakşi pairs (usually different from the pair of the first stage) differ slightly from case to case but fixed types were not created. There was no visible connection between particular Jina and a particular pair. Their representation may sometimes vary even in the images of the same Jina. The third stage (C. 11th Cent. A.D.) witnessed the theoretical sanction of the iconographic features of the Śāsanadevatās as envisaged in Jaina texts. But in art of all of them never found representational prominence except Gomukha Cakreśvarī, Sarvanubhūti, Ambika, Dharanendra, Padmavati and Matanga Siddhayikā respectively the Sasnadevata of Ṛṣabhanatha, Neminatha, Parsvanatha and Mahāvīra. However, the variation in the iconographic features of Śasanadevata reflects regional or local tradition though fundamentally they agree with textual prescriptions. References:
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Harivaṁśa-purāṇa, Jinasena, Ed. Pannalal Jain, Jnanapeeth Murtidevi Jaina Granthamala, Sanskrit Granthanka 27, Varanasi 1962
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