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Rohini
She rides a cow and holds in her hands a conch, rosary, bow and arrow. She presides over the art of music. She is the consort of Mahāyakṣa, who attends upon tirthankara Ajitanatha.
In the Vimalavasahi temple, the square flat surface is boldly relieved with an image of sixteen-armed lalitäsana goddess Rohini flanked on each side by a female cauri-bearer. She carries a noose, a sword, a triśūla, a vajra, an arrow, vyākhyānamudrā, fruit and varadamudra in the right hands, and a danda, shield, a goad, vyākhyānamudrā, bow, mace, pitcher and abhayamudra in the left hands. She is surrounded on three sides by a figural band comrangamandapa in the prising Gaṇeśa, Virabhadra, Bhairava and Mātṛkās, all with four arms and seated in lalitäsana.
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The main dome in the
Lunavasahi temple, with different number of vidyadevis.
Prajñapti
She rides on a peacock and holds a lotus and a Sakti in her hands. Her name suggests 'intellect'; Prajña also refers to Sarasvati.
Sixteen vidyadevis in the rangamandapa in the Lunavasähi temple. Below them are sixteen vidyadharas playing different musical instruments.
