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6. PADMAPRABHANATHA
History of Jainism with Special Reference to Mathurā
Padmaprabhanatha's complexion is red.390 His lañchana is lotus-flower.391 The name of his attendant yakṣa is Kusuma.392 According to the Digambara tradition, the name of his attendant yakṣī is Manovega 393 or Manogupta.394 But according to the Svetambara tradition, the name of his attendant yakṣi is Acyutā95 or Śyāmā 396 or Mānasī.397
7. SUPĀRSVANATHA
The complexion of Suparśvanatha is golden.398 As per the Digmabara tradition, his lanchana is nandyavarta.399 But according to the Svetambara tradition, his lanchana is svastika.400 The Digambara tradition holds that the name of his attendant yakṣa is Varanandin. 401 But according to the Svetambara tradition, the name of his attendant yakṣa is Matanga.402 In the Digambara tradition, the name of his attendant yakṣi is Kālī403 or Kālikā.404 It is important
390. JAA, I, p. 15; OISJ, pp. 66-8; ERE, VII, p. 466.
391.
Ibid.; ibid.; JPV, p. 100.
392. Ibid.; ibid.; ibid.
393.
394. Ibid., ibid., pp. 66-8.
395. Ibid.; JPV, p. 100.
396.
Ibid.; ibid.; OISJ, pp. 66-8.
397. JPV, p. 100 and Appendix I, p. 254.
398. JAA, I, p. 15; ERE, VII, p. 466.
399. Ibid.; JPV, Appendix I, p. 254.
400. Ibid.; ibid.
401. Ibid.
402
403.
404.
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JAA, I, p. 15; OISJ, pp. 66-8; JPV, p. 100.
Ibid.; JPV, p. 101.
Ibid.; ibid.
JPV, p. 101.
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