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visualized as four-armed and riding an elephant with the varada-mudrā. a disc, a vajra and a fruit in hands.23
The 13th Yakşi, Prajapati by name, is joined by hamsa as vāhana and shows the varada-mudrā, a sword (?), a parašu and a lotus-stalk in hands. Prajapati, if taken to be Prajnapti, may be associated with the third Jina Sambhavanatha, who, according to the Digambara texts, rides a bird (unspecified) and possesses either four or six arms with ardhendu, a parašu, a sword, an idhi (or padma), a fruit and the varadamudrā in them.24 The figure thus appears to have atleast some correspondence with the textual prescriptions.
The 14th Yakşi, although not inscribed, is distinctly identifiable with Cakresvari, the Yakși of the first Jina Rsabhanatha, who, in conformity with the Digambara works is provided with garuda (in human form) as vāhana and the varada-mudrà and discs (twice) as attributes in three surviving hands.25
The 15th Yakşi, Aparajita by name, is joined by sarabha (aştāpada) as vāhana with varada-mudrā and a shield in her two surviving hands. Aparajita, the Yakși of the 19th Jina Mallinatha, in Digambara tradition is conceived with Sarabha (or aştāpada) as mount and a fruit, a sword, a shield, and the varada-mudrā as attributes.26 The figure thus reveals concordance with the textual prescriptions.
The 16th Yakṣī, labelled as Mahamanusi (correct name-Mahamanasi), with one hand in varada, carries a mace and a lotus in her other two surviving hands. The figure of her mount is damaged. Mahamanasi, the Yakși of the 16th Jina Santinatha, in Digambara texts, is
23 devi purusadatta ca caturhastagajendraga/rathangavajrasastrasau phalahasta
varaprada--Pratisthasarasamgraha 5.25 ; gajendragavajraphalodyacakravaranga hasta—Pratisthasaroddhara 3.160. Also : Aparajitaprccha 221.19. prajnapiirdevata sveta sadbhujapaksivahana/ardhenduparasum dhatte phalasristavaraprada-Pratisthasarasamgraha 5.20; paksisthardhenduparasuphalasidhivaraih sita-Pratisthasaroddhara 3.158 ; abhayavaradaphalacandram para
surutpalam-Aparajitaprccha 221.17. 25 The Digambara works, however, envisage matulinga in one other hand, vame
cakresvari devi sthapyadvadasasadbhuja / dhatte hastadvayevajre cakrani ca tathastasu/ekena bijapuram tu varada kamalasana/caturbhujathava cakram dvayorgaruda vahanam-Pratisthasarasamgraha 5. 15-16. Also : Pratistha
saroddhara 3.156. 26 astapadam samarudha devi namna'parajita / phalasikhetahastasau haridvarna
caturbhuja-Pratisthasarasamgraha 5.59; sarabhastharcyate khetaphalasivarayuk harit-Pratisthasaroddhara 3.173.
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