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( xxiv ) It is evident from the above table that Maņdana has followed the Svetāmbara traditions in describing the symbols and Yakşa and Yakṣiṇi figures of the Tīrthaukaras.' According to thc Digambaras, Vrścika (crab), aśvattha (Ficus religioso), and įkşa (crab) are the symbols of Suvidha, Sitala and Ananta, respectively. The Digambara texts also record that Supārsva, Śrcyāmśa, Vāsupūjya, Vimala, Ananta, Dharma, Sānti, Kuntha, Malli and Neminātha have Kāli, Gaurī, Gāndhārī, Vairoți, Anantamati, Mānasi, Mahāmānasi, Vijaya, Brahmarūpiņi, Cāmundi and Kuşmāņdini as their Yakşiņīs. Similarly, Sreyārnisa and Säntinātha have Isvara and Kimpurusa as their Yaksas instead of Yakşeţ and Garuda as referred to in the Rūpamaņdana.
VI
The Rūpamandana mentions seven Sāsana-devatās in the following order :
Firstly, it describes Gomukha, the Yakṣa of Rşabhanātha as of golden colour and riding on an elephant. He holds a vara, a rosary, a noose and a citron:
रिपभो (ऋपभे) गोमुखो यक्षो हेमवर्णा गजानना
(HTUT T3177:) ! वराक्षसूत्रमाशाश्च उभबीजपूरेषु च || (वरोऽक्षसूत्रं पाशांश्च बीजपूरं करेषु च) ॥
--Rīpamandana, VI, 17. The Aparājitaprcchū refers to a bull instead of an clephant as his mount :
वराक्षसूत्रे पाशश्च मातुलिङ्ग चतुर्भुजः । श्वेतवर्णो वृपमुखो वपभासनसंस्थितः ।।
--Aparājitaprccha, 221, 43. Cakreśvari is one of the most important divinitics in the Jaina pantheon. She has been described of golden colour and
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Srivastava, B., op. cit., p. 100. Scc also Banerjea, J.N., Jaina Icons, The age of Imperial Unity, Bombay, 1960, pp. 425-31; Shah, U. P., Jaina Iconography. A Brief Study, Muni Jina Vijaya Abhinandana Grantha, Jaipur, 1971, pp. 190-218.
