Book Title: Nav Smarana
Author(s): Vinod Kapashi
Publisher: Vinod Kapashi

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________________ 5. Mahäkäli, 6. Achyuta, 7. Shäntä, 8. Jwala, 9. Sutarkä, 10. Ashoka, 11. Shrivatsä, 12. Chanda, 13. Vijaya, 14. Ankushi, 15. Pannaga, 16. Nirvani, 17. Achyutä, 18. Dhärini, 19. Vairotyä, 20. Achchuptä, 21. Gändhari, 22. Ambä, 23. Padmavati, 24. Sidhdhäyika. After the Tirthankaras and the Säshan-devtäs, Goddesses of wisdom (Vidyä-devis) enjoyed the highest veneration; these goddesses are more or less identical to the Hindu tantrik deities. There are of course more then sixteen Vidya-devis. The word vidyä is sometimes used in tantric practice and because there are hundreds of practices or methods, there are hundreds of Vidya-devis.. However, it seems that the Jains have arrived at a list of sixteen Vidyä-devis and they have been named in this stotra. There is a slight difference in the list of names between the Shvetämbara and Digambara traditions. Here sixteen goddesses are listed. They are same as in smarana No. 9 (Brihad Shänti) except that the sixth goddess, Apratichakrä, is called Chakreshvari. These goddesses are: Rohini, Pragnapti, Vajrashrukhlä, Vajränkushi, Chakreshvari, Purushdattä, Käli, Mahäkäli, Gori, Gändhäri, Sarvashrä- Mahäjvälä, Mänvi, Vairutyä, Achuptä, Mänsi, Mahämänsi. Jains also mention the Indras in many of the recitations. Indras are the kings of the gods of the different heavens. There are sixty-four Indras as per the Shvetämbara account and as many as one hundred Indras as per the Digambara account. Jains even worship some gods of the Hindu-pantheon. They are: Indra, Agni, Varuna, Väyu, Kubera, Isäna, Näga and Brahmä. Some protectors of various directions or fields are named as lokpäla gods. They are: Väsava, Aaditya, Skanda and Vinayak.

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