Godess Saraswati

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43.
Sutrakrtanga (2.2.15 - P.L.Vaidya, Part-I, 1928, p.87) and Nayadhammakahad (XVI, 129 - N.N.Vaidya, p.189) refer to Uppayani, (Utpatani), Vetali, Gauri, Gandhari, Jambhani, Stambhani, Antaddhani (Antardnani) and several other Vidyas.
Sanghadasagani (C.A.D.700) and Hemacandra Suri (c mia 12th century A.D.) respectively in their works Vasudevahindi, and Trisastisalakapuriscarita mention that the Vidyas are 48,000 in number.
45.
B.C.Bhattacharya, Jaina Iconography, Lahore, 1939, p.163.
46.
M.N.P.Tiwari, Sarasvati in Jaina Tantric Worship, Paper read at the International Conference of South Asian Religious Art Studies in Pantheon of Power, September 1984, p.2.
Ibid.
H.R.Kapadia and Hiralal Jain (ed.), Caturvimsatika of Baopabhatti Suri, Appendix-A, Sarada Stotra-3), Bombay, 1926, p.181.
Bhattacharya, op.cit, pp.163-164.
49. 50. 51.
Ibid.
U.P.Shah, Iconography of the Jaina Goddess Sarasvati, Journal of the University of Bombay, September 1941, p.212.
52,
Ibid.
53.
Ibid, p.196.
54. 55. 56.
U.P.Shah, op.cit, op.cit, Bombay, 1941, p.196. Bhattacharya, op.cit, p.164.
M.7.P.Tiwari, op.cit, p.2. Bhattacharya, op.cit, p.164.
57.
58.
Sri Kalyanakanda-Stuti, Verse 4.
59.
Sarasvata Yantra Puja, B.C.R.I, MS, No.192 of 1872-73.
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60. 61. 62.
Shah, op.cit, p.198. Ratnasagar, p.2. sri Sarada-Stavagtaka, Verse 6.