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The famous Vodva stupa of 2nd century B.C. at Mathura (Kankāli Tilā). During the Kushāņa period it was in its most flourishing condition and was one of richest centres of sculptural treasures of North-India. The image of the Jain deity-Naigamesha ; its description and identification ; mythological function of the deity; Evolution of the "Mother Goddess" of Jain iconography.
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BANERJEE, J.N.--Some Folk Goddessess of Ancient and Mediaeval India. (I.H.Q. Vol. XIV. Calcutta, 1938).
P. 107. The Jaina literature refers to eight different kinds of vyantara devatās.
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BANERJEE, Jitendra Nath--Some folk Goddesses of Ancient and Mediaeval India. (Ind. Hist. Qu. vol. XIV, No. 1). Calcutta, 1938.
P. 108. The eight kinds of vyantara devatās, viz. Piśācas, Bhūtas, Yaksas., Räkşasas, Kinnaras, Kimpuruṣas, Mahoragas and Gandharvas.
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MAZUMDAR, M.R.-Gujarati or the Western School of Mediaeval Indian Sculpture. (I.H.Q. Vol. XIV. Calcutta, 1938).
P. 560, Section in Rüpamandana on Jaina Iconography. In the Rupamandana (by Sūtradhāra Mandana Circa 1450 A.D. published as No. XII. in the Calcutta Sanskrit Series 1936) different forms of Jaina images along with Ayatanas or the companion deities or the attendant yakṣa and Yakşinis have been described. The rich Jaina community in Western India was very influential at the court of Rajput kings: the warlike Jaina ministers and merchants were also great patronisers of art and were great buliders, hence the section on Jaina iconography in this work.
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H. D. SANKALIA-An Unusual form of a Jain Goddess. (Jain Ant. Vol, IV; No. III ; Arrah, 1934 ; Pp. 85-88-1 plate).
The figure is in the collection of the Jain Bronzes in the Museum of the Indian Historical Research Institute, St. Xavier's College, Bombay. Its iconography given and discussed. It is in an unusual form of a Jaina yakşiņi probably
combination of the Digambara form of Padmavati and Vairoti as the figure has a canopy of serpenthood (nägaphaņā) and serpents in all the four hands.
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