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Candraprabha and spiritual attendants

Pictures 16 and 17 on this page show a Digambara statue of the eighth Jina, Candraprabha, and his yakṣa and yakṣī. The sculpture comes from eastern India and dates back to the tenth century.

The HereNow4U website provides text and pictures from Gerd Mevissen's lecture, 'North Bengal (Ancient Varendra): An Innovative Sub-Centre of Jaina Sculptural Art'. This was delivered on 7 March 2008 at the tenth Jaina Studies Workshop, on the theme of Jaina Art and Architecture, held at SOAS in London.

http://www.herenow4u.net/index.php?id=65026

Candraprabha hymn

A recitation on YouTube of a hymn to Candraprabhanātha or Lord Candraprabha, the eighth Jina.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9TbmCJmWSY

Devotional song to Candraprabha

This 2011 video on YouTube features a hymn praising the eighth Jina, Candraprabhanātha or Lord Candraprabha.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWd0mCml6vA

Hymn to Candraprabha

This 2007 YouTube video features a Digambara monk singing a hymn – stotra – honouring the eighth Jina, Candraprabhanātha or Lord Candraprabha. The visuals show a Śvetāmbara idol of the Jina over a pulsing, colourful background.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRLQEgXUklo

Shri Chandrapuri Tirth

The Jainuniversity.org website provides practical information about the pilgrimage site of Chandrapuri or  Chandravati in Uttar Pradesh. This small town is home to two temples dedicated to the eighth Jina, Candraprabha. The older one was built in 1832 by the Śvetāmbara sect while the Digambara Jains have a temple some thirty years younger. 

http://www.jainuniversity.org/tirth-places/jain-tirth-place-details.aspx?id=157

Narasimharajapura

The Jain Heritage Centres website provides information on the Narasimharajapura pilgrimage site in Karnatak. The site is dedicated to the eighth Jina Candraprabha. There are also temples in honour of the 23rd Jina Pārśva as well as the Jain saint Bāhubali and the deities Brahmayakṣa and Jvālāmālinī.

http://www.jainheritagecentres.com/Karnataka/Narasimharajapura.htm

Jina and retinue

Metal image of a Jina and his retinue from Karnatak on the website of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, USA. The unidentified Jina sits cross-legged in meditation on a lotus throne, fanned by servants with fly-whisks – carũrīs. His yakṣa and yakṣī pair of attendant gods sit on smaller lotus thrones on either side of him.

http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/60006212

Jina with his yakṣa and yakṣī

Eleventh-century metal image of an unidentified Jina attended by his yakṣa and yakṣī. Each of the 24 Jinas has a pair of śāsana-devatās – ‘deities of the teaching’ – who protect and promote his teachings. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, USA, provides views of the front and back of this artefact.

http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/60006418

Jina with yakṣa and yakṣī

Dating from the 12th to 13th centuries, this metal figure of an unidentified Jina is flanked by his attendant deities, known as śāsana-devatās – ‘deities of the teaching’. They have not attained final liberation and are able to intervene in human affairs, unlike a Jina. By convention the male yakṣa is presented on the Jina's right side and the female yakṣī on his left. This photograph is on the website of the British Museum in London.

http://goo.gl/qy3XI