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10. These Mahavidyas, however, enjoyed a favoured position at other Svetāmbara sites, namely
Kumbharia, Vimala Vasahi and Luna Vasahi (both in Delvada), and Taranga. 11. The two figures of the main temple are carved respectively on the mukhacatuski and the
güdhamandapa, whereas those on the devakulikās are on the northern wall of the vedibandha
of devakulikā Nos. 2, 3, 4, and their doorways. 12. However, bow in one instance is held in lower left hand while the upper left is resting on
thigh. 13. The attributes here and elsewhere are reckoned clockwise starting from the lower right hand. 14. शराक्षधनुशङ्खभृन्निजयशोवलक्षा मता
कृताखिलजगज्जनाहित महाबलाक्षामता । विनीत जनता विपद् द्विपसमृद्धयभिद्रोहिणी ममास्तु सुरभिस्थिता रिपुमहीध्रभिद्ररोहिणी ।-Caturvinsatika 3.12. आद्यां रोहिणी धवलवर्णां सुरभिवाहनां चतुर्भुजामक्षसूत्रबाणान्वित
दक्षिणपाणि शङ्खधनुर्युक्तवामपाणि चेति ।-Nirvānakalikā, p. 37. 15. Rohini, in group of the 16 Mahavidyas, carved respectively at the Santinatha temple,
Kumbhāriā and at Vimala Vasahi, Delvāļā is likewise accompanied by a cow and shows the varadākṣa, an arrow, a bow and a fruit (or a conch). The respective vāhanas in the former
case are conspicuous by their absence. 16. Two figures are carved on the vedibandha of the devakulika Nos. 3 and 4 while the remaining
ones are on the doorways. 17. तन्वाऽब्जमहादलाभया
सह शक्त्याऽतुलमोदलाभया । मम भवतु महाशिखण्डिका प्रज्ञप्ति रिपुराशिखण्डिका । Caturvimsatikā 4. 16. प्रज्ञप्ति श्वेतवर्णां मयूरवाहनां चतुर्भुजां वरदशक्तियुक्तदक्षिणकरां मातुलिंग शक्तियुक्त वामहस्तां चेति ।
---Nirvāņakalikā, p. 37. 18. शक्तिसरोरुहहस्ता मयूरकृतयानलीलया कलिता ।
प्रज्ञप्तिर्विज्ञप्ति शृणोतु नः कमलपत्राभा ।
-Acāradinakara, “Pratisthadhikāra," Pt. II, p. 167, Bombay, 1923. 19. Two figures are carved on the vedibandha and the façade of devakulikā Nos. 2 and 3, while
the others are on the doorways. 20. However, no text conceives her as having a manuscript in hand. 21. संस्मरत रतां कुशेशये
कनकच्छवि दुरिताङ्कुशेशये । अहिताद्रिहवज्रश्रृङ्खलाम् धरमाणामिह वजश्रृङ्खलाम् । Caturvimsatika 5.20%; वजश्रृङ्खलांशङ्खावदातां पद्मवाहनां चतुर्भुजां वरदश्रृङ्खलान्वितदक्षिणकरां पद्मश्रृङ्खलाधिष्ठितवामकरां चेति ।
---Nirväņakalikā, p. 37;-Mantrādhiräjakalpa 3.5. 22. Klaus Bruhn, The Jina Images of Deogarh, Leiden 1969, pp. 103, 106, 108.
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