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P. 77n. Jain images called Chaturmukha or Chaumuki are often made of a single stone.
Pp. 262-265. The Digambra Jain images.
P. 184. The theory of the personification as a goddess of every human or divine activity has pervaded even Jainism and Buddhism.
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GOPINATHA Rao, T. A.-Bhūşana-Lakshanam, or a Description of Ornaments Usually worn by Indian images. (QJMS, ix, 1919, Pp. 123-141).
P. 123. Ornaments worn by the images of the Jain, Buddha and Hindu religions are the same.
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GOPINATH KAVIRAJ.-A further note on the Brass Image of Sridevi. (J.U.P. HS. Vol. 2, 1919), Calcutta.
Pp. 101-105. Identification of the image, Sridevi. The brass image of which Mr. Sahni has given a descriptian (P. 68 above) represents a Goddess rather than a Yakshini. Jains worship-Jñātidevi or caste, Goddess and Kuladevi or family Goddess, (Ind. Ant. 1884, P. 276 and Ind. Art. 1903, Pp. 461-3). Yakshas and Yakshinis generally represented in sitting pāsture-lalitāsana. Sridevi-a goddess waited upon Maru Devi Mother of Tirthankara Vrishabhadeva (Jina sena-Adipurāna---(783 A.D.). Inscrīption--reading-Saratana instead of Saratāmna ; Māhāvaji and not Mahavaji. Kāshtha Sangha-originated in the time of Umāsvāti Ācāhrya , the successor of Kundakunda and the 6th Digambar Pontiff of the Nandi Amnāya counting from Bhadrabāhu II. Umāsvāti ascended the pontifical chair in 44 A.D and died about 85 A.D. (Ind. Ant. 1891. P. 351 ; BHANDARKAR's report for 1883-84 P. 117). Bhattaraka---explanation of Bhattaraka, Rāmasena and Tribhuvana Kirti. Maham rangā, Saratāna (Sanskritised form of the Persion Sultan); Våsaga (Uvasaga) Genealogy of the donor explained.
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D. R. SAHNI-A note on the Brass Images. (J.U.P.H.S. Vol. 2, 1919), Calcutta.
Pp. 68-71. Brass image of the Jain Yakshi Sridevi [Pl. i(a)] description given. Inscription on the back of the image (Pl. i(b)] in Nāgri. Sans. text. Trans. Sam. 1655. Kāshthäsangha, Nanditaţa-gachchha ; Bhattāraka Rāmasena in his line Bhattarāka Tribhuvanakirtti. Donor Māhāvaji Rāmaji. Brass image of the Goddess Durgā ; description given. Inscription Nāgari, Sans. Text, Tr, mentions Sāvag Hemu. Year 167 X. Savag is the apabhransa of Śrāvaka, a Jain Layman.
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