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22. NEMINĀTHA OR ARISTANEMI
Neminatha's complexion is black.512 His lañchana is conch-shell.513 According to the Digambara tradition, the name of his attendant yakṣa is Sarvahana,514 but the Svetambara tradition gives his name as Gomedha.515 The Digambara tradition mentions the name of his attendant yakṣī as Kuşmandinī,516 but according to the Svetambara tradition her name is Ambikā.517
23. PĀRSVANATHA
Pārsvanatha's complexion is blue.518 His lañchana is snake.519 The name of his attendant yakṣa has been given as Dharanendra520 or Parsva or Vamana.521 The name of his attendant yakṣi is Padmavati.522
24. VARDHAMANA MAHĀVĪRA
Mahāvīra's complexion is golden.523 His lañchana is lion.524 The name of his attendant yakṣa is Matanga. 525 The name of his attendant yakṣi is
512.
ERE, VII, p. 466; JAA, I, p. 16. 513. JPV, p. 255; JAA, I, p. 16.
514. JAA, I, p. 16.
515. Ibid.; JPV, p. 255.
516. Ibid.; ibid.
517. Ibid.; ibid. 518.
ERE, VII, p. 466; JAA, I, p. 16.
519. JPV, p. 255; JAA, I, p. 16.
520. The Digambara tradition gives the name of his yakṣa as Dharanendra. See JAA, I, p. 16 and also as Dharana; See JPV, p. 255.
521. The Svetambara tradition gives the name of his yakṣa as Pārsva or Vamana. See JPV, p. 255.
522. JPV, p. 255; JAA, I, p. 16.
523.
ERE, VII, p. 466; ibid.
524. JPV, p. 136; ibid. 525. Ibid.; ibid.
