Shyamayaksha, Śyāmayakṣa, Shyama-yaksha: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Śyāmayakṣa can be transliterated into English as Syamayaksa or Shyamayaksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Source: archive.org: The Jaina IconographyŚyāmayakṣa (श्यामयक्ष) is another name for Vijaya: the Yakṣa accompanying Candraprabha: the eighth of twenty-four Tīrthaṃkaras or Jinas, commonly depicted in Jaina iconography.—The main iconographic details to be gleaned from the Jaina books distinguish the image of Candraprabha from all other Indian images. His Lāñchana or technical emblem is the moon or the crescent. His special tree is Nāga (Nāgakeśara). The goblins are Vijaya and Bhṛkuṭi (Jvālāmālinī). The chowri-bearer, who does him honour is called Dānavīrya.
Śyāmayakṣa has, in the Digambara version, three eyes, and holds in his hands a fruit, rosary, axe and the Varamudrā; with some alterations the Śvetāmbaras represent him with three eyes, a swan as his vehicle, two hands holding a disc and a club. He is known to them by the name of Vijaya.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Shyama, Yaksha.
Full-text: Vijaya.
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