]is, whilst the other sect include
scarcely a third of them.
These Vidyadevis, as given by Hemachandra, are--(1) Rohi[n.]i; (2)
Prajnapti; (3) Vajras[r.]i[`n]khala; (4) Kuli['s]anku['s]ca--probably the
Anku['s]a-Yakshi of the ['S]vetambara fourteenth Jina; (5) Chakre['s]vari;
(6) Naradatta or Purushadatta; (7) Kali or Kalika; (8) Mahakali;
(9) Gauri; (10) Gandhari; (11) Sarvastramahajvala; (12) Manavi;
(13) Vairo[t.]ya; (14) Achchhupta; (15) Manasi; and (16) Mahamanasika.
The images of the Tirthakaras are always represented seated with their
legs crossed in front--the toes of one foot resting close upon the knee
of the other; and the right hand lies over the left in the lap. All are
represented exactly alike except that Par['s]vanatha, the twenty-third,
has the snake-hoods over him; and, with the Digambaras, Supar['s]va--the
seventh, has also a smaller group of snake hoods. The Digambara images are
all quite nude; those of the ['S]vetambaras are represented as clothed,
and they decorate them with crowns and ornaments. They are distinguished
from one another by their attendant _Yakshas_ and _Yakshi[n.]is_
as well as by their respective _chihnas_ or cognizances which are
carved on the cushion of the throne.
All the Jinas are ascribed to the Ikshvaku family (_kula_)except the
twentieth Munisuvrata and twenty-second Neminatha, who were of the
Hariva[m.
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