Jaina Mahavidyas in Osian

Author(s): Maruti Nandan Prasad Tiwari, Kamalgiri
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Vol. III, 1997-2002
आमोदलोलमुखरोपरि पातु काली
पद्मो यदासनमसौ परिपातु काली ।---Caturvimśatikā 16. 64.
39. कालीदेवी कृष्णवणं पद्मासनां चतुर्भुजां अक्षसूत्रगदालंकृतदक्षिणकरां भवामहस्त चेति ।
Jaina Mahavidyās in Osian
42. या सुतिविजिततमाला
Nirvanakalika, p. 37.
However, the Manträdhirājakalpa mentions trisula, rosary, mudgara and the varada.
40. Manrrādhirajakalpa 3.7.
41. Four figures are on the vedibandha of the devakulikā Nos. 2, 3, 4 (two figures) while the remaining ones on the doorways.
पविफलघण्टाक्ष भृल्लसत्ततमाला ।
नृस्था सुषमं तनुता
दसौ महाकाल्यमर्त्य सामन्तनुता । -- Caturvimśatikā 11.44.
महाकाली देवीं तमालवर्णां पुरुषवाहनां चतुर्भुजां अक्षसूत्रवज्रान्वितदक्षिणकरी अभयघण्टालङ्कृतवामभुजां चेति ।
- Nirvanakalika, p. 37.
The sword, present in the figure on the main temple, has not been prescribed by any of the available Śvetambara dhyānas.
43. Caturvimśatikā 17.68; Nirvānakalika, p. 37; ācāradinakara, Pt. II, p. 162. However, the figures sometimes show the varada or fruit in place of a rosary.
44. Figures on the doorways of devakulika Nos. 1 and 5.
45. One figure is on the southern vedibandha of the devakulikā No. 3, while the remaining two are on the doorways of devakulikā Nos. 1 and 4.
46. सौवर्णपट्टा श्रीगौरी श्री गौरी
ग्रहस्तिका ।
हस्तिकाया महागोधाऽऽगोधामध्वस्तयेऽस्तु वः । -- Caturvimsatikā 12.48.
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गौरी देवी कनकगौरों गोधावाहनां चतुर्भुवां वरदमुसलयुतदक्षिणत्करामक्षमालाकुलपालङ्कृतवामहस्तां चेति ।
उत्तप्तजाम्बूनदमूर्तिकान्तिः ककुद्मवाहाभिरता वराङ्गी ।
अब्जक्षमालावरदण्डहस्ता गौरीति देवी दुरितानि हन्तु :- Mantrādhirājakalpa 3. 11.
47. Mantrādhirājakalpa 3. 11.
48. The four-armed Gauri, in the group of the 16 Mahāvidyās at Santinātha temple, Kumbhāria, carries the varadāksa, a mace (or a musala), a long stalked lotus and a fruit.
Nirvanakalika, p. 37.
49. Two figures are carved on the vedibandha of the devakulikā Nos. 2 and 3, while the remaining two are on the doorways of the devakulikā Nos. 1 and 5.
50. पविमुसलकरा लाभ
शुभं किमादधिवसन्त्यतिकरालाभम् कमलं रागान्धारी
रणकृत्रीलप्रभोत्करा गान्धारी
Caturvirniarika 13. 52.
51. On the northern vedibandha of devakulikā No. 2.
52. गान्धारी देवीं नीलवणां कमलासनां चतुर्भुजां वरदमुसलयुतदक्षिणकरां अभयकुलिशयुतवामहस्तां चेति ।
Nirvanakalika, p. 37.