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Cakreśvarī
Golden-coloured, seated on a garuda, with one right arm in the varada position and the others holding an arrow, a disc and a goad, originated in that congregation and became the Lord's messenger deity.
-Triṣaştiṣalakāpuruşacaritra1
Cakreśvari
akreśvari is a popular yakṣi amongst the Jains whose images on the pedestal of the first tirthankara Ṛṣabhanatha as well as on her own are seen amongst many sculptures in the Jain temples. The images of Cakreśvari, according to Svetambara tradition, are mainly four and eight-armed. According to Digambara tradition, however, she is shown with two, four, six, eight, ten, twelve, sixteen or even twenty arms. In these images she is depicted bearing various articles, one of which is always some variation of cakra, a disc. She is also always shown riding a garuda. In painted illustrations she is shown with golden complexion, holding two
Goddess Cakresvart, seated in lalitiaana, on a corridor celling in the Vimalavasihi temple. On her either side are court-bearers (Close-up of picture on page 88).
