Gomukha

In Jain cosmology, Gomukha is the guardian god or Yaksha (attendant deity) of Rishabhanatha, the first Tirthankara.[1][2]

Gomukha
Gomukha, c. 8th century, Gurjara-Pratihara
Personal information
SpouseChakreshvari

Legacy

Worship

Gomukha along with Dharanendra is the most popular yaksha in Jainism.[3][4]

Iconography

According to Jain tradition, Gomukha is depicted as two or four armed yaksha ridding on elephant.[5] As the name suggest gomukha has head of a bull.[6] Gomukha carries a goad in left hand and noose in left. In other two lower arms gomukha carries varada and conch.[7] Yaksha-Yakshi pair sculptures of Gomukha-Chakreshwari are one of the most favoured along with Ambika-Sarvahanabhuti and Dharanendra-Padmavati.[8] Yaksha-Yakshi pair sculptures of Gomukha-Chakreshwari are one of the most favoured along with Ambika-Sarvahanabhuti and Dharanendra-Padmavati.[8]  

See also

References

Citation
  1. Bruhn 1969, p. 26.
  2. Shah 1995, p. 18.
  3. Kelting 2009, p. 240.
  4. Pereira 2001, p. 29.
  5. Shah 1987, p. 117.
  6. Bruhn 1969, p. 24.
  7. Shah 1987, p. 227.
  8. Tiwari 1989, p. 13.

Source
  • Shah, Umakant Premanand (1987), Jaina-rūpa-maṇḍana: Jaina iconography, Abhinav Publications, ISBN 9788170172086
  • Tiwari, Dr. Maruti Nandan Prasad (1989), Ambika in Jaina Art and Literature, Bharatiya Jnanpith
  • Kelting, M. Whitney (2009), Heroic Wives Rituals, Stories and the Virtues of Jain Wifehood, Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780190452865
  • Pereira, Jose (2001), Monolithic Jinas, Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 9788120823976
  • Bruhn, Klaus (1969), The Jina-Images of Deograh, Universiteit van Amsterdam. Institute of South Asian archaeology
  • Shah, Umakant Premanand (1995), Studies in Jaina Art and Iconography and Allied Subjects in Honour of Dr. U.P. Shah, Abhinav Publications, ISBN 9788170173168
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