Indian Antiquary Vol 56

Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Charles E A W Oldham, Krishnaswami Aiyangar
Publisher: Swati Publications

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FEBRUARY, 19271
SVETAMBARA JAINA ICONOGRAPHY
Añkusa, the Yakşiņi, is fair. Her vdhana is a lotus. A sword and a noose are held in the right hands; a tablet and goad in the left.
15. Dharma: 4. 5. 197. His Yakşa, Kinnara, has three faces and six arms. His color is dark-red, and his vdhana is a tortoise. Two right hands hold a citron and a club; the third is in abhaya. In the left he has an ichneumon, lotus and rosary.
His Yaksini is named Kandarpa. She is fair, and has a fish as a vdhana. She holds a blue lotus and a goad in her right hands. In one left hand she has a lotus ; the other is in abhayada.
16. Santi: 5.5. 373. His Yakşa, Garuda, has the head of a boar. His color is black and his vdhana is an elephant. In his right hands there are a citron and a lotus; in his left an ichneumon and a rosary.
Nirvani is the name of his Yaksini.' She is fair, and is seated on a lotus. In her right hands she has a blue lotus and a book; a water-jar and a lotus in her left.
17. Kunthu : 6.1. 116. Gandharva is black. His vdhana is the hansa. One right hand is in varada, the other holds a noose. In his left hands he has a citron and goad.
Balâ, his Yakşini, is fair, with a peacock as vdhana. In her right hands she holds & citron and trident; in her left she has a weapon (muxandhi) and a lotus.
18. Ara : 6.2. 97. His Yakna is named Yakşendra (Abhidhana", 43, Yakset). He is dark, three-eyed, has six faces and twelve arms. His vdhana is a conch. Five of his right hands hold a citron, arrow, sword, hammer, and noose; the sixth is in abhayada. In his left hands he has an ichneumon, bow, shield, trident, goad and rosary.
Dhårini, the Yakşint, is seated on a lotus. She is blue. In her right hands she holds a citron and blue lotus ; in her left a lotus and rosary.
19. Malli : 6. 6. 251. The Yaka, Kubera, is rainbow-colored. The elephant is his vdhana. He has four faces and eight arms. One right hand is in varada, two hold an axe and a trident, and the fourth is in abhayada. His left hands have a citron, spear, hammer and rosary.
Vairoty is the name of the Yakşiņi (Abhidhana, 45, Dharanapriyk). Her color is black, and she is seated on a lotus. One right hand is in varada, and the other holds a lotus. A citron and spear are in the left hands.
20. Munisuvrata: 6. 7. 194. Varuna, the Yakşa, is white, three-eyed, four-faced, with matted hair. His vdhana is a bull. He has eight arms. In the four right hands he has & citron, mace, arrow and spear. In the four left there are an ichneumon, rosary, bow and axe.
Naradatta, the Yaksiņi, is fair, seated on a throne. One right hand is in varada, the other holds a rosary. She has a citron and a trident in the left hands.
21. Nami : 7. 11. 98. Bhủkuți, the Yeksa, is gold-colored, three-eyed, and four-faced. His vdhana is a bull. He has eight arms. Three right hands hold a citron, spear and hammer the fourth is in abhayada. The four left hands hold an ichneumon, axe, thunderbolt and rosary.
Gândhari, the Yakşini, is white, with a haisa ag a vdhana. One right hand is in varada, and the other holds & sword. Both of her left hands hold citrons.
22. Nemi: 8. 9. 383. Gomedha is his Yaksa, dark, three-faced. He has & man as a vdhana. Of his six hands the three right ones hold a citron, axe, and discus; the three left ones hold an ichneumon, trident and spear.
The female divinity (here called a Kuşmandi) is named Ambika. Her color is golden her vdhana is a lion. In her right hands she holds a cluster of mangoes and a noose in her left hands she has a child and a goad.
23. Páráva : 9.3.362. The Yaka, Pårsvayakşa, is dark. He has the head of an elephant, and has a serpent's hood for an umbrella. A tortoise is his vdhana. He has a citron and serpent in his right hands; an ichneumon and serpent in his left ones.