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Some revere also male and female servants "Yakṣa" and "Yakṣi or Yakṣiņi" of the Tirthankara. Others, like Sobhanamuni (Xth century AD) regard them as attendant "Deva" or "Devi" of them. We have so: Śruta Devi or Cakreśvari for Rsabha, Mānasi Devi for Ajita, Vajraśṛnkhala for Sambhava, Rohini for Abhinandana, Kāli for Sumati, Gāndhārī for Padmaprabha, Mahāmanasī for Supārsva, Vajränkuśī for Candraprabha, Jvālanayudha for Suvidhi, Manavī for Śītala, Mahākālī for Śreyāṁśa, Śānti for Vāsupūjya, Rohiṇī yet for Vimala, Acyuta for Ananta, Prajñaptī for Dharma, Brahmaśāntī (Yakṣa) for Santi, Puruṣadatta Devi for Kunthu, Cakradhara Devi for Ara, Kapardi (Yakṣa) for Malli, Gauri for Munisuvrata, Kali yet for Nami, Ambā for Nemi, Yata Devi for Pārśva, and Ambikā for Mahāvīra.
Other names are mentioned in the Digambara Jaina Iconography by Jas Burgess, like: Gomukha and Cakreśvari for Rṣabha, Mahayakṣa and Rohini for Ajita, Trimukha and Prajñapti for Sambhava, Yakṣeśvara and Vajrasṛnkhala for Abhinandana, Tumbura and Puruṣadatta for Sumati, Kusuma and Manovega or Manogupti for Padmaprabha, Varanandī and Kālī for Supārśva, Śyāma or Vijaya and Jvālāmālinī for Candraprabha, Ajita and Mahākālī for Puspadanta, Brahmeśvara and Mānavī for Śītala, Īśvara and Gauri for Śreyāmsa, Kumāra and Gāndhārī for Vāsupūjya, Ṣaṇamukha or Kārtikeya and Vairātyä for Vimala, Pātāla and Anantamatï for Ananta, Kimnara and Mānasī for Dharma, Kimpuruşa and Mahāmānasī for Santi, Gandharva and Vijaya for Kunthu, Kendra and Ajitā for Ara, Kubera and Aparajita for Malli, Varuṇa and Bahurūpiņī for Munisuvrata, Bhṛkuți and Cāmuṇḍī for Nami, Sarvāhṇa and Kusumāṇḍinī for Nemi, Dharanendra and Padmavatī for Pārsva, Mātanga and Siddhāyīņi or Siddhayaka for Mahāvīra. The "Yakṣa" are naked to the navel, the "Yaksi" are more fully clad, they also have each a distinctive colour, vehicle, mark (lāñchana). The Śvetambara give
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another name to some of these.
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