रूपमण्डन एवं देवमूर्त्ति-प्रकरणम् (मण्डन सूत्रधार - प्राचीन मूर्तिकला एवं देव-प्रतिमा लक्षण सटीक)

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Chapter VII, consisting of 74, seventy-four verses gives
descriptions of the twentyfour Jaina Tīrthaṅkaras and their
attendant yakṣas and yakṣiṇīs. The names of the twenty-four
Tīrthaṅkaras (śl. 1—3) ; the respective bodily colours (śl. 4), their
Dhvajas, flags (śl. 5, 6) and the Lunar mansions, Bhas of birth
(śl. 7—9) for the different Jinas ; and their birth-asterisms, Rāśis
(śl. 10, 11) are given.
Next, follow, the names of the yakṣas, that attend upon the
service of the Jinas, Jinopāsaka-yakṣas (śl. 12, 13) ; the attendant
female deities to the Jinas, Śāsanadevīs (śl. 14—16).
The next subsection deals with descriptions of the yakṣas
and the yakṣiṇīs for each particular Jina, Jina-yakṣa-jakṣiṇī-
mūrtis—the male and the female attendants for the twenty-four
Jinas being given in pairs (śl. 17—65).
There is a second twelve-handed variety of Cakreśvarī, des-
cribed (śl. 66—68a) ; as also the names for the eight attendants
to the Vītarāga, the self-controlled one (śl. 68b, 69) ; and the
characteristics of the eight attendants to Jinendra (śl. 70—73).
Chapter VIII and the last containing 112, one-hundred and
twelve verses, concerns itself almost wholly with descriptions of
female deities, Devī-mūrti-lakṣaṇas.
The opening verse (śl. 1) gives the general description of
the Image Gaurī, Gaurī-mūrtīnāṃ sāmānya-lakṣaṇam ; then follow
the names of twelve different varieties of Gaurī (śl. 2), as well
as their descriptions (śl. 3—14) ; the deities in a shrine of Gaurī
(śl. 15—17), and the attendants to Gaurī (śl. 18—20) have after-
wards been described.
The next section (śl. 21—35) describes Gaṇeśa (śl. 21) and
his different forms, Heramba (śl. 22, 23), Gajānana (śl. 24),
Vakratuṇḍa (śl. 25), Ucchiṣṭa-gaṇapati (śl. 26), Heramba (śl. 27),
Kṣipra-gaṇapati (śl. 28) ; the deities in a shrine of Gaṇeśa ; the
attendants of Gaṇeśa (śl. 30—35).