Mahavira and his Teaching

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

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D. N. SHUKLA
Labchanas:
Vāhanas of the 24 Yaksas Vāhanas of the 24 Yaksinīs
Aparā jita Vastusāra Aparā jita Vāstusära 1. Vrsa
gaja garuda
garuda 2. Gaja
gaja ratha
Lohāsana
(govāhana) 3. Mayūra Mayūra
mesa 4. Hamsa gaja
hamsa
padma 5. Garuda garuda
Sveta-hasti padma 6. Mrga
mrga aśva
nara 7. Mesa
gaja mahisa
gaja 8. Kapota
hamsa Vrsa
hamsa 9. Kūrma
kūrma kūrma
vrsa 10. Hamsa kamalasana sukara
padma 11. Vrsa
vrsabha
krsna hariņa simha 12. Sikhi
hamsa nakra
asva 13. ?
Sikhi vimāna
padma 14. ?
makara hamsa
padma 15. ?
kūrma
Vyāghra matsya 16. Suka
varaha pakşirāja padma 17. Suka
hamsa
Krşņa sūkara Sikhi 18. Khara
samkha simia
padma 19. Simha
gaja
aştapāda padma 20. ?
vrsa sarpa
bhadrâsana 21. ?
vrsa
markata hamsa 22. ?
purusa simha
simha 23. ?
kūrma kukkuta sarpa 24. hasti
gaja
bhadrâsana simha The 16 Śruta or Vidyā Devis:
They are also an important class of Jaina images, their names and luksanas in many respects, correspond to those of the Yakṣiṇīs. Brindavana says: “Of all the conceptions found in the Jaina Iconography, none is so original as the conception of the Vidyadevis or the goddesses of learning” to which the present writer most respectfully would differ. They are a combination of