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Dr. B. Bhattacharya
21. Naminātha .
Bhrkuti
Gandhari Neminātha
Gomedha
Kuśmándi 23. Pārsvanatha
Pārsva
Padmavati 24. Vardhamanaswami Matanga
Siddhāyika There are several ways of representing the Tirthaņkaras, sometimes as sitting and sometimes standing, sometimes alone and sometimes with two or more replicas of the same image, sometimes covered in draperies and sometimes without them. The Tirthamkaras have each & definite recognition symbol, called the Làncchana which invariably accompanies their forms whenever they are represented. These Lànochana are 24 in number and are associated with the Tirthankaras in the following order: 1. Bull, 2. Elephant, 3. Horse, 4. Monkey, 5. Kraunch bird, 6. Red lotus, 7. Svastika, 8. Moon, 9. Alligator, 10. Srivatsa, 11. Rhinoceros, 12. Buffalo, 13. Boar, 14. Falcon, 15. Vajra, 16. Deer, 17. Goat, 18. Nandyàvarta, 19. Water-jar, 20. Tortoise, 21. Blue lotus, 22. Conch, 23. Serpent, 24. Lion.
The list given above is according to the conceptions of the Svetambara school; the list of the Digambaras differs from the above in certain respects. Again in the Utsarpiņi period there was another set of 24 Tirthankaras, and if an attempt is made their Dhyanas. Láncchanas and perhaps their Yaksas and Yakšiņis also may be found.
Next in importance to the Tirthankaras are the Vidyadevīs, their number baing fixed at sixtean. All these deities are associated with one Vidyà or Mantra and therefore they are known as the Vidyadevīs. They may be compared with the Hindu Mahavidyas whose number is recognised to be tən. These are called Siddhavidyās because it is believed that if their Mantras ara repeated for a lakh of times the worshipper attains Siddhi or perfection. Some such significance seems to be attached to the sixteen Vidyadevīs of the Jains. The names of the sixteen Devis are invariably given in the following order:-1. Rohini, 2. Prajnapti, 3. Vajraśrṇkhala, 4. Mahāvajrāņkuśa, 5. Apratichakra, 6. Purusadatta, 7. Kālika, 8. Mahakalikā, 9. Gaurī, 10, Gandha*, 11. Jválámātņkat, 12. Mänaví, 13. Vairotyā, 14. Acchūpta, 15. Mānasī and 16. Mahāmānasi. When this list is examined it will be found that some of the names are repeated in the list of Yaksiņis, though I have not yet · * Gandbāri. Editor † Sarvastra Mahajválā. Editor
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