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Gomukha

January 01, 1970

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

Legacy edit

Worship edit

Gomukha along with Dharanendra is the most popular yaksha in Jainism.[3][4][5]

Iconography edit

According to Jain tradition, Gomukha is depicted as two or four armed yaksha riding on an elephant.[6] As the name suggests, gomukha has the head of a bull.[7][8] Gomukha carries a goad in left hand and noose in left. In other two lower arms gomukha carries varada and conch.[9] The yaksha-yakshi pair sculptures of Gomukha-Chakreshwari are one of the most favoured along with Ambika-Sarvanubhuti and Dharanendra-Padmavati.[10] The image of Gomukha yaksha in Ellora caves is noteworthy.[11]

See also edit

 
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References edit

Citation edit

  1. ^ Bruhn 1969, p. 26.
  2. ^ Shah 1995, p. 18.
  3. ^ Campbell 1884, p. 117.
  4. ^ Kelting 2009, p. 240.
  5. ^ Pereira 1977, p. 29.
  6. ^ Shah 1987, p. 117.
  7. ^ Pereira 1977, p. 42.
  8. ^ Bruhn 1969, p. 24.
  9. ^ Shah 1987, p. 227.
  10. ^ Tiwari 1989, p. 13.
  11. ^ Pereira 1977, p. 61.

Source edit

  • Campbell, James M. (1884), Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Dháwár, Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, vol. 22, Bombay: Government Central Press
  • Shah, Umakant Premanand (1987), Jaina-rūpa-maṇḍana: Jaina iconography, Abhinav Publications, ISBN 978-81-7017-208-6
  • 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 (1977), Monolithic Jinas: The Iconography of the Jain Temples of Ellora, 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

January 01, 1970
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