Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra
by Helen M. Johnson | 1931 | 742,503 words
This page describes Candraprabha’s messenger-deities (shasanadevatas) which is the tenth part of chapter VI of the English translation of the Candraprabha-caritra, contained within the “Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra”: a massive Jain narrative relgious text composed by Hemacandra in the 12th century. Candraprabha in jainism is one of the 63 illustrious beings or worthy persons.
Part 10: Candraprabha’s messenger-deities (śāsanadevatās)
The Yakṣa, Vijaya, originating in that congregation, green, with a haṃsa for a vehicle, holding a cakra in his right hand and a hammer in his left; and the goddess Bhṛkuṭī, with a marāla for a vehicle, yellow, holding a sword and a hammer in her right hands, and a shield and an axe in her left hands, became the Blessed One’s messenger-deities. With them near at hand, Lord Candraprabha, the receptacle of the supernatural powers, wandered over the earth, like the moon the sky.