Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c75.s2.52

v2.c75.s2.52

With this introduction to this important element of Jain iconography—the association of Yakṣa-images with the Jina-images, let us briefly tabulate their vāhana·lāñchana as an essential characteristic of their images (other details may be seen in the Pr. Laks. p. 272-4). Their names have already been mentioned in the Tīrthaṅkara-tabulations below and therefore in the following only their respective vāhan-lāñchanas find place in serial order on the authority of the two important iconographical texts—the A. P. and the V. S.:—