Jaina Mahavidyas in Osian

Author(s): Maruti Nandan Prasad Tiwari, Kamalgiri
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23. One figure is carved on the northern vedibandha of the devakulika No. 3, while the other ones
are on the doorways. 24. However, the absence of aikusa and vajra, signifying the name Vajrankusa, is indeed
_surprising. 25. अध्यास्त या कनकरुक् सितवारणेशं
वजाङ्कशी पटुतराऽहितवारणे शम् । न ह्येकधैव विजये बहुधा तु सारं वज्राङ्कशं धृतवती विदधातु साऽरम् । —Caturvinsatika 6. 24. वज्राङ्कशां कनकवर्णा गजवाहनां चतुर्भुजां वरदवज्रयुतदक्षिणकरां मातुलिङ्गाङ्कशयुक्तवामहस्तां चेति ।---Nirvanakalika,
p. 37. 26. Of the 11 devakulikā figures, five are on the vedibandha and on the façades of the four
devakulikās, while the remaining ones on the doorways. 27. Garuda, in most of the cases, has been carved in human form with folded hands and legs
suggesting flying posture. Garuda in the case of the gūdhamandapa figure, is standing close
to the goddess. 28. These figures are on the main temple and the devakulikā No. 4. 29. आरूढा गरुडं हेमा-भाऽसमा नाशितारिभिः ।
पायाद् प्रतिचक्रा वो, भासमाना शितारिभिः ।-Caturvimsatika 7. 28. अप्रतिचक्रां तडिद्वर्णा गरुडवाहनां चतुर्भुजां चकचतुष्टयभूषितकरां चेति ।-Nirvānakalika, p. 37. Another Svetambara text, the Mantrādhirajakalpa (3.7), mentions Apraticakra as riding a nara
(man). 30. It is interesting to find the name of Vaisnavidevi, inscribed under the figure of Apraticakra,
in the ceiling of the Mahāvīra temple at Kumbhäriä. 31. Klaus Bruhn, Jina Images., pp. 105, 108. It may be remarked that Cakreśvari as Yaksi is never
conceived with discs in all the four hands. 32. Three figures are on devakulika Nos. 1,3 and 4, while the remaining ones on the doorways. 33. Figures on devakulikā Nos. 1 and 3. 34. भ्रमति भुवि महिष्या याऽऽमहासिन्धु नाना
कृतजिनगृहमालासन्महाऽसि धुनाना । कनकनिभवपुः श्रीरञ्जसा साधिताया रुजतु पुरुषदत्ताऽस्मासु सा साधिताया: ।Caturvirnsatika 10. 40. पुरुषदत्तां कनकावदातां महिषीवाहनां चतुर्भुजां वरदासियुक्तदक्षिणकरां मातुलिङ्गखेटकयुतवामहस्तां चेति ।
- Nirvāņakalikā, p. 37. 35. रक्ताब्जबद्धासनसंस्थितिर्या हेमप्रभा खेटकखड्गहस्ता ।
सबीजपूराभयदानशस्ता नृदत्तनाम्नी दुरितानि हन्तु ।---Mantrādhirajakalpa 3. 8. 36. All the figures are carved on the doorways of devakulikäs. 37. These figures are on the devakulikä Nos. 2 and 3. 38. धत्ते गदाक्षमिह दृक्पतिताञ्जनस्य
कान्ति च या गतवती पतितां जनस्य ।