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Disākumāri
residential mansions. They wear white costumes. They are yellow-gold complexioned. Their minimum longevity is 10000 years. The maximum lifespan of the southern and northern gods is one and a half palyopama and somewhat less than two palyopama years respectively. Their diadem bears the sign of an elephant."
4. Sam. 76.
5. Praj. 46.
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Disākumāri-mahattarīgā( ya) (Diśākumārīmahattarikā) kumārī. See Disākumārī for details.
1. Sth. 259. 507, 643, Jam. 112-114, AvaCu. I. pp. 136-38.
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1. Jam. 112-114, KalpDh. pp. 80. 81, JamS. p. 384, AvaCu. I. pp. 136-138.
2. Jam. 114.
3. Jam. 112-113.
4. Jna. 66. See for details KalpL. p. 69, KalpSam. p. 106, Kalps. p. 96, Kalp JayaV. pp. 69-70.
5. Jam. 112, AvaCu. I. p. 136. The Sthananga (Sth. 643) mentions the last four Disākumāris of adholoka as
6. Ibid. 95.
7. Ibid. 46.
Disākumāri (Dišākumārī ) Disākumāri goddesses belong to the Bhavanavai class of gods. Among them there are 56 principal goddesses who are known as Disākumārimahattarigās. Each one of them has a large retinue of other goddesses.1 Mount Ruyaga (1) is their main abode. It has four quarterwise divisions called as Eastern, Westren, Northern, Southern Ruyaga. Each division has eight peaks, every peak presided over by a principal Disākumārī. Thus thirtytwo principal Disākumaris reside on peaks, four reside in the four subquarters of mount Ruyaga and other four in its middle region.2 Eight dwell in the lower world (adholoka) and other eight in the upper world (urdhvaloka).3 They are sportive and take part in the consecration ceremony of Titthamkaras.+ The principal Disākumāris of adholoka, viz., Bhogamkara, Bhogavai, Subhoga, Bhogamāliņi, Toyadharā, Vicitta, Pupphamālā and Aṇimdla build a maternity hall for the expectant mother of a Titthamkara5 and those of urdhvaloka, viz., Mehamkarā, Mehavai, Sumeha, Mehamāliņi, Suvaccha, Vaccamitta, Väriseṇā and Balahaga purify the maternity hall with artificial rain. Namduttara(2), Ṇaṁdā(8) Āṇamda(2), Namdivaddhana(2) Vijaya(2), Vejayamti(5), Jayamti(6), and Aparajia(6), the principal Disākumārīs of Eastern Ruyaga wait on the expectant mother holding mirrors in their hands. Ilādevi(1) Suradevi(2) Puhai(5), Paumavai(16), Egaṇāsā, Navamiya, Bhadda(33) and Sia(5) of Western Ruyaga wave fans, Alambusa, Missakesī, Pumdariā, Vāruņi(3) Hāsā, Savvappabha, Siridevi(10) and Hiri of Northern Ruyaga move chowries
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of urdhvaloka and vice-versa. See also Tir. 144-147.
6. Jam. 113, AvaCu. I. p. 137. They are identical with those of the eight presiding deities of the peaks of Namdaṇavana (1). See Jam. 104, Tir 147-148, JamS. pp. 369, 388. 7. Jam. 114, Sth. 643. AvaCu. I. p. 137, Tir. 153.
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