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Jaina-Rupa-Mandana According to the Tiloyapannatti, they were known as Kunthu and Dharană respectively.
The Sasanadevatäs of the tirtha of Sitalanātha were Brahma yaksa and Asoka yakşi according to the Svetämbara belief and Brahma yakşa and Manavi yakşi according to the Digambara sect. The Tiloyapaņņatti however says that they were Brahmeśvara and Jvālāmālini. Sitala obtained nirvāpa on Mt. Sammeta.
Golden yellow in complexion, Sitalanātha had Sri-vşkşa as his cognizance according to Digambara texts (except the Tiloyapannatti which gives the svastika as his lañchana); the Svetāmbara writers prescribe śri-yatsa mark as his cognizance.
In the Archaeological Museum, Gwalior, is a sculpture of a Jina sitting in padmāsana upon a seat with an inscription on it dated in samvat 1552 (?). In the centre of the seat is the tree symbol. The figure, with the head lost, is placed on a pedestal of another image. The pedestal is a simhasana with two lions, the dharmacakra in the centre and a yakşa and a yakşiņi figure at the right and left ends respectively. At the lowermost end of this simhāsana, below the dharmacakra, is a small figure of the cognizance which looks like a lion. So this simhāsana belonged to another Jina figure, whereas the Jina with the tree symbol is of course raranatha
Tiwari refers to an image of Sitala from Tripuri, M.P., preserved in the Indian Museum. It is a partly mutilated piece with the lower portion constituting the pedestal and part of the top portions broken and lost. The cognizance of the Jina is therefore not known and it is difficult to identify the Tirth ankara represented by the sculpture. 138 However it is a good specimen of art of Tripuri of the mediaeval age.
: According to Jinaprabha sūri, Sítalanātha was worshipped in a shrine in the Prayaga-tirtha (Allahabad).139 The Jainas of Vidisha today regard Vidisha as the old Bhaddilapura, the birth place of Sitala and have a shrine dedicated to this Jina.
In the Khandagiri caves at Orissa, Sitalanātha is shown sitting in Cave 8 and standing in Cave 9.140
In the National Museum, New Delhi, no. 48.4/46 is a metal image of Sitala sitting on a lion-throne. Between the lions is depicted the śri-vatsa which is his cognizance. The simhasana is flanked by yakşa Brahma and yakşi Asoka. On the pedestal are depicted the nine planets, the dharmacakra flanked by two deer and a seated devotee at each extreme. The inscription on the back of the image is dated samvat 1542.
In the Bhandara Basti, Sravana Belagola, we have a standing figure of Sitala with the Brahma yakşa and Manavi yaksi by this sides. We also have a figure of this Jina in the Müdabidri set of Tirthankaras and one figure in the Venur set. P. Gururaja Bhatt has published a white stone sculpture of Sitala standing from Kallu-Basti. Mudabidure. 141 He has also noticed images of Sitala in Eda-Bala-Basti and Ammanavara-Basti at Karkala-Hiriyangadi.
In the Sāntinātha temple, Kumbharia, an inscription on an image of Sitalanātha shows that the image was installed in samvat 1138. Of an image of Sitala in the Pārsvanātha temple, Kumbharia, only the inscribed pedestal is preserved which shows that the image was installed in samvat 1161. In cell 16 of the same temple there was installed an image of Sitala whose pedestal alone dated samvat 1259 is preserved. Inscription on the pedestal of an image of Sitala in cell 37, Vimala Vasahi, Abu, shows that the image was installed in samvat 1245. In cell no. 593/4 at Satrunjaya is a Panca-tirthi image of Sitala installed in samvat 1517 (inscription no. 227, Kanchanasagara suri, op. cit.).
At Chandrāvati, Zálräpațaņa, Rājasthān, there is a famous old shrine of Sitalanātha erected in the tenth century.
11. ELEVENTH TIRTHANKARA: ŚREYĀMSANATHA
Sreyāmsanātha was the son of Vişnuraja and Vişnudevi (acc. to Hemacandra, but Venudevi acc. to Tiloyapannatti) or Nandā (acc. to Uttarapurāna and other Digambara sources), king and queen of the city of Simhapura. Golden in appearance, Sreyāmsa was born in the Sravaņa nakşatra, having descended from the Acyuta or Puspottara Vimana, 142
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