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60 : Śramaņa, Vol 61, No. 4 October-December-10
Kumāra
Nirvāņi
Swan
Kālikā,
Mānasi,
Yakşeśvara, Vijaya, Gandharva
Mahāmānasi
Bhrikuti, Ankuśā,
Gāndhāri
Pigeon
Vijaya
Fish
Kinnara
Kandarpā
Tortoise
Sutară
Gāndhāri
Ajita, Dharanendra
Crocodile
Pātāla, Kinnara
Candă, Gāndhāri
Another point of interest in Jaina context is the Samavasaraṇa, (big congregation hall built by Indra) having three fortification walls, at the top of which sits every Jina after attaining omniscience to deliver first sermon. What is specially important in this context, as mentioned in Jaina texts like- Adipurāņa of Jinasena (early 9th century), Harivaṁsa Purāņa of Jinasena (783 AD), Trisaștiśalākāpuruśacaritra of Hemacandra (12th century), is that for listening to the maiden preachings of the Jinas, the animals with inherent enmity also became friendly and came together and sat face to face. Accordingly we find in sculptural examples of Samavasaraņa from Kumbhariya, Delvada, Ranakpur and other places that such snake-peacock, elephant-tiger, .tiger-deer like animals are shown sitting face to face. Thus tradition of Samavasaraņa also presents not only world of animals alongwith human world but also show the impact of the preaching's of the non-violence of Jinas on animals.
Another dimension of the representation of nature in Jaina tradition and art is Auspicious Dreams (Mārgalika Svapna), which are 14 according to Svetāmbara texts and 16 according to Digambara texts. These auspicious dreams (fig. 02) were seen by respective mothers of 24 Jinas before their births. The attached table of auspicious dreams distinctly show that the list has three
