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nyagarbha, Viśvamürti, Vidhātā, Pitämaha, Caturanana, Indra, Mahendra, Surya, Aditya, Kubera, Vamanadeva, Rāma and Kṛṣṇa.10 References:
1. Consult Tripathi, L.K., 'The erotic Sculptures of Khajuraho and their Probable Explanation' Bharati (B H.U.), No. 3, 1959 60 p.p. 82-104; Tiwari, Maruti Nandan, Khajuraho kā Jain Puratattva, Khajuraho, 1987.
2. There are about 50 erotic couples showing in some cases shavenheaded Jaina munis with elongated ears who are engaged in different sexual activities.
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4. Harivamsapurāṇa 29.1-10.
5. The earliest list of 63 salakāpuruṣas is found in the Paūmacariya and some Agamic texts while the detailed anecdotes of these great men are enunciated in the Mahāpurāna and Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruşacaritra.
6. Consult, Maruti Nandan Prasad Tiwari & Kamal Giri, Vaiṣṇava Themes in Dilwara Jaina Temples, Vajpeya-Prof. K.D BajpaiFelicitation Volume. (Ed. A.M. Shastri etc.) New Delhi, 1987, p.p. 195-202.
7. Maruti Nandan Prasad Tiwari, Elements of Jaina Iconography Varanasi, 1983 p.p. 115-16.
8. Maruti Nandan Prasad Tiwari & Kamal Giri, 'Images of Gaṇeśa in Jainism, Ganesh-Studies of An Asian God. (Ed. Robert L. Brown), New York, 1991, p p. 101-14, 'Sarasvati in Jaina Tantric worship. Archaeology & Art-Krishnadeva Felicitation Volume (Ed. C.R.P. Sinha), Pt. II, Delhi, 1990, p.p. 311-25.
9. U.P. Shah Jaina Rupamaṇḍan, Delhi, 1987, Maruti Nandan Prasad Tiwari, Jaina Pratimavijñāna, Varanasi, 1981. 10. Adipurāṇa 25. 100-217.
Harivamsa Purāņa 29.9.
-Dr. Maruti Nandan Pd. Tiwari Head, Department of History of Art, Faculty of Arts. Banaras Hindu University Varanasi-221005 (U.P.)
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