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Jaina: Iconography-a brief survey
deposited there, it is expected that at least double the number of Dhyanas will be available for the re-construction of the Jaina pantheon.
Again, the form and character of deities differ a great deal aceording as they are conceived either in the Svetambara or the Digambara schools. In different centuries deities were differently conceived according to the needs of the time, and it is not improbable that the deities differed also according to Gacchas and according to the whims and fancies of sculptors and donors. Thus in Jaina iconography one has to deal with prolific material which is required to be shifted with considerable skill and care.
The study should begin with the representations of Tirthankaras and their companions, the Yaksas and Yaksiņís. The names of Yaksas and Yaksinis differ according to different authorities and according as they are conceived in the two grand divisions of Jainism, the Svetambara and Digambara schools. The names as we obtain may be given in a tabular form below:No. Tirthankara
Yaksa
Yaksiņi Rśabhadeva
Gomukha
Apratichakra Ajitasvāmi
Mahāyaksa Ajitá Sambhavanátha
Trimukha
Duritāri Abhinandana
Isvara
Kālikā Sumatinátha
Tumbaru
Mahakali Padmaprabhanātha Kusuma
Acyuta Supārsvanātha
Matanga
Santā Chandraprabhanatha Vijaya
Bhrkuți 9. Suvidhinātha
Ajita
Sutará 10. Sitalanatha
Brahma
Asokā Sreyamsanátha
Isvara
Mānavi 12. Vāsupūjyanātha
Kumāra
Pracaņdā Vimalanātha
Sanmukha Vidita Anantanátha
Pátāla
Ankuśá 15. Dharmanātha
Kinnara
Kandarpa 16. Santinātha
Garuda 17. Kunthunath
Gandharya
Balā Aranātha
Yaksendra Dharani Mallinātha
Kubera
Vairotyā 20. Munisuvratanath
Varuņa
Varadatta
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11.
13. 14.
Nirvana
18.
19.
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