Mahavira and his Teaching

Author(s): C C Shah, Rishabhdas Ranka, Dalsukh Malvania
Publisher: Bhagwan Mahavir 2500th Nirvan Mahotsava Samiti

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MARUTI NANDAN PRASAD TIWARI of their accessory symbols including the aştapratihāryas, and the distinguishing emblems, excepting in some cases where the figures of the yakşa-yakşī pairs are conspicuous by their absence. I may note here in passing that I could find only thirteen out of the twenty-four Jinas in Khajurāho collections. The yakșa and yakşī figures on the images of Ajitanātha, Supārsvanātha, Munisuvrata,
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Eight chief attendant attributes are: Asoka tree, scattering of flowers by gods, divine music, fly-whisks, sinhâsana, Prabhamandala, heavenly drumbeating and tri-chatra. Cf. thāyai jattha jiņindo tattha ca sıṁhāsaņam rayaņacittam/ joyanaghosamaņaharam, dunduhı surakusumavutthi ya// evam so munivasaho, atthamahāpādiheraparıyario/ viharai jiņındabhānu, bohinto bhaviyakamalāım//
Paumacarıya, of Vimalasûri (close of the 3rd century), 2, 35-36 (Pt. I. Prākrit Text Society Series No. 6, p. 1 Varanasi 1962) Cf. khe dharma-cakram camarāḥ sapādapitham mțgendrasanam uj-jvalam ca/ chatra-trayam ratna-maya-dhvajo' hi-nyāse ca cām kara-pankajāni//
Abhidhānacıntāmaņi of Hemacandra (c. mid 12th century). Devakřtānatıśayānāha, 61 (Ed. Hargovindadas and Becaradasa, Bhavanagara) sthāpayed arhatām chatra-trayāsoka-pra-kirņakam/ pitham bhā-mandalam bhāşāṁ puspa-vrstim ca dundubhim// sthiretarā-racayo pāda-pithasyadho yathāyatham/ lāñchanam dakşıņe pārsve yakşam yakşīí ca vāmakes/
Pratisthā säroddhāra of Ašādhara (A.D. 1200-1250) 1. 76-77. (No information printed in regard to the editor, place and year of publication). The list of the aştapratıharyas finds mention generally in all the Jaina works dealing both with the iconography and the lives of the Jinas. Rsabhanātha, Ajitanātha, Sambhavanātha, Abhinandana, Sumatınātha, Padmaprabha, Supārsvanātha, Candrapı abha, śāntinātha, Munisuvrata. Neminātha, Pärsvanātha and Mahāvira.