Deities
Chakreshvari
Jain Deities
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Chakreshvari is the yakshi, a class of guardian deity attending a tirthankara, associated with Rishabhanatha, the first of the twenty-four Jain tirthankaras. Depicted riding the mythical bird Garuda and typically shown with multiple arms holding a discus (chakra) among other attributes, Chakreshvari receives devotional veneration in Jain temples in her own right, functioning, like Ambika and Padmavati with their own tirthankaras, as an intercessory and protective figure within the broader Jain devotional and iconographic tradition.
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Attributes and IconographyMulti-armed, riding the Garuda bird, holding a discus (chakra) 1 Worship and PracticeChakreshvari receives devotional veneration in Jain temples in her own right, functioning as an intercessory and protective figure alongside Ambika and Padmavati in the wider tradition of tirthankara-guardian yakshis. 1 Function
Domain / FunctionProtection and guardianship 1 Belief
TheologyNon-theistic: no creator god is central 1 Attestation
Veneration TodayActively venerated in a living tradition 2 HistoricityNot a historical person: a divine or other-than-human being 1 Attributions
Mythic AssociationPaired as protective guardian goddess with Rishabhanatha, the first of the twenty four Jain tirthankaras, the earliest and best attested of the sasanadevi pairings. 1 Origins
Origin of the NameFrom Sanskrit chakra, discus or wheel, her principal identifying attribute among the sasanadevis, the guardian yakshis paired with each of the twenty four Jain tirthankaras. 1 Correspondences & Relations
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This source names Garuda directly: "Depicted riding the mythical bird Garuda and typically shown with multiple arms holding a discus (chakra) among other attributes, Chakreshvari receives devotional veneration in Jain temples in her..."
This source names Padmavati directly: "right, functioning, like Ambika and Padmavati with their own tirthankaras, as an intercessory and protective figure within the broader Jain devotional and iconographic tradition."
This source names Rishabhanatha directly: "a tirthankara, associated with Rishabhanatha, the first of the twenty-four Jain tirthankaras."
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