Padmavati (Jainism)

Padmavati
Padmavati
Walkeshwar Jain Temple, Mumbai
Personal information
Spouse Dharanendra

Padmāvatī is the protective goddess or śāsana devī (शासनदेवी) of Pārśvanātha (phonetic: Parshwanath), the twenty-third Jain tīrthāṅkara, complimenting Parshwa yaksha, the shasan deva.[1] There is another pair of souls of a nāga and nāginī who ewere saved by Parshwanath while being burnt alive in a log of wood by the tapas kamath, and who were subsequently reborn as Indra (Dharanendra in particular) and Padmavati (different from sashan devi) after their death.[2] According to the Jain tradition, Padmavati and her husband Dharanendra protected Lord Parshvanatha when he was harassed by Meghmali.[3][4]

Iconography

A snake's hood covers her head, and she sits on a lotus flower. Often a small image of the Lord Parshvanatha is placed in her crown. She may be depicted as four-armed, carrying noose and rosary (japa mala), elephant goad, lotus and a fruit.[3]

Main temples

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Cort, John E. (2010). Framing the Jina : narratives of icons and idols in Jain history. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 186. ISBN 9780199739578. OCLC 515539029.
  2. ↑ Babb, Lawrence (1996). Absent lord : ascetics and kings in a Jain ritual culture. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press. p. 33. ISBN 9780520917088. OCLC 43476107.
  3. 1 2 Jain, Jyotindra; Fischer, Eberhard (1978). Jaina iconography. Leiden: Brill. p. 21. ISBN 9004052607.
  4. ↑ Padmasundara Sūri; Raval, D. P; Shah, Nagin J; Padmasundarasūri (1987). Padmasundarasūriviracita Yadusundaramahākāvya (in Sanskrit). Ahamadābād: Lālabhāī Dalapatabhāī Bhāratīya Saṃskṛti Vidyāmadira. p. 267.

References

  • Shah, Umakant P. (1987), Jaina Iconography, Abhinav Publications, pp. 267–, ISBN 978-81-7017-208-6
  • Jain, Jyotindra; Fischer, Eberhard (1978), Jaina Iconography, BRILL, pp. 21–, ISBN 978-90-04-05259-8
  • Cort, John (2010), Framing the Jina: Narratives of Icons and Idols in Jain History, Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780199739578
  • Babb, Lawrence A. (1996), Absent Lord: Ascetics and Kings in a Jain Ritual Culture, University of California Press, ISBN 9780520203242, retrieved 2017-09-22
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