Jaina Mahavidyas in Osian

Author(s): Maruti Nandan Prasad Tiwari, Kamalgiri
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Vol. III, 1997-2002
Jaina Mahavidyas in Osian
10. These Mahāvidyäs, however, enjoyed a favoured position at other Śvetāmbara sites, namely
Kumbhariä, Vimala Vasahi and Lüna Vasahi (both in Delvādā), and Taranga.
11. The two figures of the main temple are carved respectively on the mukhacatuski and the gūḍhamandapa, whereas those on the devakulikās are on the northern wall of the vedibandha of devakulikā Nos. 2, 3, 4, and their doorways.
12. However, bow in one instance is held in lower left hand while the upper left is resting on thigh.
13. The attributes here and elsewhere are reckoned clockwise starting from the lower right hand. 14. यशोवलक्षा मता
कृताखिलजगज्जनाहित महाबलाक्षामता ।
विनीत जनता विपद् द्विपसमृद्धयभिद्रोहिणी
ममास्तु सुरभिस्थिता रिपुमही श्रभिद्ररोहिणी । —Caturvimsatikā 3.12.
आद्य रोहिणी धवलवण सुरभिवाहनां चतुर्भुजामसूत्राणान्वित
दक्षिणपाणि शङ्खधनुर्युक्तवामपाणि चेति | Nirvänakalikā, p. 37.
15. Rohini, in group of the 16 Mahāvidyās, carved respectively at the śāntinātha temple, Kumbharia and at Vimala Vasahi, Delväḍā is likewise accompanied by a cow and shows the varadākşa, an arrow, a bow and a fruit (or a conch). The respective vāhanas in the former case are conspicuous by their absence.
16. Two figures are carved on the vedibandha of the devakulikā Nos. 3 and 4 while the remaining ones are on the doorways.
17. तन्वाऽब्जमहादलाभया
सह शक्त्या तुलमोदलाभया ।
मम भवतु महाशिखण्डिका
प्रज्ञप्ति रिपुरशिखण्डिका :- Caturvimsatikā 4.16.
प्रज्ञप्ति चेतवर्ण मयूरवाहनां चतुर्भुजां वरदशक्तियुक्तदक्षिणक मातुलिंग शक्तियुक्त वामहस्तां चेति
18. शक्तिसरहहस्ता मयूरकृतपानलीलया कलिता
प्रज्ञप्तिर्विज्ञति शृणोतु नः कमलपत्राभा ।
- Acāradinakara, "Pratisthadhikara, Pt. II, p. 167, Bombay, 1923.
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20. However, no text conceives her as having a manuscript in hand.
21. संस्मरत रतां कुशेशये
19. Two figures are carved on the vedibandha and the façade of devakulikä Nos. 2 and 3, while the others are on the doorways.
कनकच्छनि दुरिताङ्कुशेशये ।
अहितादिहलाम्
धरमाणामिह वज्रश्रृङ्खलाम् ।-Caturviriśatikā 5.20;
वज्रावदातां पद्मवाहन चतुर्भुजां सान्वितदक्षिणकरां पद्माधिष्ठितवानकरांचेति । -Nirvanakalikā, p. 37;-Manträdhiräjakalpa 3.5.
22. Klaus Bruhn, The Jina Images of Deogarh, Leiden 1969, pp. 103, 106, 108.
--Nirvānakalika, p. 37.