Jaina Mahavidyas in Osian

Author(s): Maruti Nandan Prasad Tiwari, Kamalgiri
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Vol. III, 1997-2002 Jaina Mahavidyas in Osian 83 66. असिफलकमणि श्रीकुण्डिका हस्तिकाऽलं प्रबलरिपुवनानां कुण्डिका हस्तिकालम् / मृगपतिमधिरूढा सा महामानसी माHag YATEG14SHIHET HH14 1--Caturvimsatika 15. 60. महामानसी धवलवर्णा सिंहवाहनां चतुर्भुजां वरदासियुक्तदक्षिणकरां कुण्डिकाफलकयुतवामहस्तां चेति / - Nirvanakalika, p. 37. सारङ्गसंस्था हिमरोचिराभा भृङ्गारखड्गाभयखेटकाङ्का / st H14 ufq mela yat Hi daai graf ET !--Mantradhirajakalpa 3. 18. The Caturvimsatika gives mani (or ratna) in place of varada or abhaya. 67. The object in the lower left hand, in case of the gudhamandapa figure, is indistinct. 68. These figures are on the northern vedibandha of devakulika No. 4 and the door-lintels of the devakulika Nos. 2 and 4. 69. Klaus Bruhn, The Jaina., pp. 104, 107, 108. 70. Jaina Mahakali appears to have combined the features of the two Brahminical goddesses Camunda and Mahakali. See Gopinatha Rao, Elements of Hindu Iconography, Vol. I, Part II, Varanasi (Rep.) 1971, pp. 358, 386. The Jainas have adopted the names, and sometimes features also, of the Brahminical goddesses like Kali, Mahakali and Camunda, all terrific in appearance, for the Mahavidyas. But nowhere the Mahavidyas are visualised in terrific form. 71. Gopinatha Rao, Elements., p. 360; U. P. Shah, Iconography., p. 148. 72. Shah, P. 140; Rao, pp. 341-42. 73. B. Bhattacharyya, The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Calcutta, 1968 (Rep.), p. 235; and Shah, pp. 129-30. 74. The Yaksa-Yaksi pair of Jina Parsvanatha is also associated with snake. Photo Credit : Plates 4, 5, 8, M. A. Dhaky (Varanasi/Ahmedabad); Plates 3, 7, 8, American Institute of Indian studies, Varanasi; Plate 2, Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi.