Book Title: Jain Thought and Culture
Author(s): G C Pandey
Publisher: University of Rajasthan

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________________ Devananda's Dream An Interpretation of its Symbolism 147 going to tlie Assembly hall Yudlushtlura cast a glance at several auspicious things including svastika, vardhamana nandyavarla, mala, Jalakumbha, flame, pot filled with rice, gorocana, curd, ghee, honey, mangal vihaga, and kanya etc It appears to us that later on some of these mangalas became convcried into dream symbols, some became a part of the angavilja (science of the body) and sometimes occupied a place in the iconography of the great gods

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