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Yaksinis
Gauri or Mānavi.
This eleventh Yakṣini belongs to the eleventh Tirthamkara Sreyamsanatha. The Digambara representation of the Yakṣiņi known therein as Gauri rides, according to their accounts, an antelope and bears a club, lotus, urn and Varada in her hands.1 The Svetambara variant of the same Yaksi in the name of Manavi or Srivatsa Devi has been described as riding a lion and holding a Varada, club, urn and goad."
The name Gauri originates evidently from the Brāhmaṇic Gauri, the wife of Siva. Here, in this instance, the Yakṣa, of whom Gauri is the consort is called Ivara. Her other aspect is represented by a Vidyadevi, known by the same name. Now, the Svetambaras give her the name of Srivatsa or Mānavi. This name, however, presents an anomaly due to the identity of Manavi with the Digambara Yakṣiņi, of Sitalanatha bearing the same name. Thus, it is possible to explain the name Srivatsā as originating from the Srivatsa figure, the canonical symbol of Šītalanatha. As regards the attributes, which adorn the hands of the Devi some of them are warlike, as worthy of a Yakṣiņi, and others are benign, as symbolic of a goddess of learning.
Canda or Gandhāri.
Canda or Pracaṇḍā, as she is also called by the Svetambaras, has a horse for her riding animal, and carries the symbols
1. पद्महस्ता सुवर्णाभा गौरी देवी चतुर्भुजा । जिनेन्द्रशासनभक्ता वरदा मृगवाहिनी ॥
Pratisthāsarasamgraha (MSS. Arrah Collection)
Cr. समुद्गराब्जकलशां वरदां कनकप्रभाम् । गौरी यजेऽशीतिधनुः प्रांशुदेवी मृगोपमाम् ।।
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Pratisthāsarasamgraha,
2. तथैव मानवी देवी गौराङ्गी सिंहवाहना । वरदं मुद्गरिणं च दधती दक्षिणी करी । वामौ च बिभ्रती पाणी कुलशाङ्कुशधारिणौ ॥
Sreyamsunālhacarita by Hemacandra cr. मानवीं देवीं गौरवर्णां सिंहवाहनां चतुर्भुजाम् । वरदमुद्गरान्वितदक्षिणपाणि नकुलसाङ्कुशयुक्तवामकराम् ॥ Nirvanakalikā (MSS. Jñana mandir, Agra)
