Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c75.s2.17

v2.c75.s2.17

*N. B. (i)* : “.. ..it is clear that a great many Tāntric goddesses have found a room in the Jain pantheon. We came across the names of the goddesses of clearly Tāntric nature such as Kaṅkālī, Kālī, Mahākālī, Cāmuṇḍā, Jvālāmukhī, Kāmākhyā, Kāpālinī, Bhadrakālī, Durgā, Lalitā, Gaurī, Sumaṅgalā, Rohiṇī, Sulakatā, Tripurā, Kurukullā, Chandravatī, Yamaghaṇṭā Krāntimukhā etc.” J. I. p. 23. Further as we shall see in the Jain literature we find the incoroporation of the famous Śākta goddesses, the 64 Yoginīs in Jain pantheon and therefore, ‘this predominent Tāntric element in iconography seems to be represented by the Śvetāmbara sect, who like the Mahāyāna Buddhists, developed by assimilation and invention, a Tāntrika system of their own.’