Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra
by Helen M. Johnson | 1931 | 742,503 words
This page describes Abhinandana’s messenger-deities (shasanadevatas) which is the sixteenth part of chapter II of the English translation of the Abhinandana-caritra, contained within the “Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra”: a massive Jain narrative relgious text composed by Hemacandra in the 12th century. Abhinandana in jainism is one of the 63 illustrious beings or worthy persons.
Part 16: Abhinandana’s messenger-deities (śāsanadevatās)
In this congregation arose Yakṣeśvara, dark, with an elephant for a vehicle, his two right hands holding a citron and a rosary, his two left hands carrying an ichneumon and a goad, a messenger-deity always near the Lord. likewise Kālikā appeared, dark-colored, seated on a lotus, one right hand in varada-position and one holding a noose, her two left hands holding a snake and a goad, a messenger-deity always in attendance on the Lord.