- Ghaṇṭākarṇa Mahāvīra
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Idol of Ghaṇṭākarṇa Mahāvīra in the Jain temple in Leicester, England, provided by Flickr. He is instantly recognisable from his characteristic pose of readying his arrow to shoot, and is increasingly popular among Śvetāmbara Jains.
- Gilt Padmāvatī
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Gilt-covered image of the goddess Padmāvatī. A powerful and popular deity, who is particularly worshipped in south India, she is associated with wealth and success. She is also the yakṣī – attendant goddess – of the 23rd Jina Pārśvanātha or Lord Pārśva. The Ethnoarte website provides several photographs of this 18th-century image from Maharashtra.
- Girnār temples
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Mount Girnār is a holy site for both Jains and Hindus. The numerous Jain temples dispersed over the peaks of the mountain form a small temple-city. This 2012 photo on Flickr shows some temple compounds and the city of Junagadh below.
- Gold sūri-mantra-paṭa
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This striking gold-and-black sūri-mantra-paṭa presents Indrabhūti Gautama in the middle. He sits within two triangles positioned within concentric circles, surrounded by holy figures and scenes of worship. Gautauma was the head disciple of the 24th Jina, Mahāvīra, and his spirituality and leadership provide an example to which monks aspire. Such yantras are used by leaders of Śvetāmbara Mūrti-pūjak mendicant orders, with the Kharatara-gaccha in particular ascribing great powers to these ritual objects.
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- Gomukha
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Contemporary Śvetāmbara image on Flickr of the yakṣa Gomukha. He is the male deity associated with the first Jina, Ṛṣabhanātha or Lord Ṛṣabha. Ṛṣabha's emblem – lāñchana – is a bull and Gomukha has the head of a bull, since his name means 'bull-headed'.
- Group initiation of Digambara monks – part 1
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After studying with him for four years, 25 men are initiated into Digambara monkhood by the monk Vidyāsāgar. At the start of the public renunciation ceremony – dīkṣā – the candidates resemble grooms, wearing jewels and turbans, their eyes outlined in kohl. They are then seen after the rite of keśa-loca. Dressed in orange and saffron robes, lay Jains dance in celebration. Scenes from the life of a Digambara monk are also shown, such as the monk carrying his broom and water pot, making the gesture to signal that he seeks alms. A group of fully nude monks leads the ailaka novices in loincloths, followed by the junior novices wearing white robes. Digambara nuns, wearing the white robe and holding the broom made of peacock feathers, are also shown in this YouTube video. This collective ceremony in Hindi took place on 21 August 2004 in the so-called Dayoday Tirth, Delwara Ghat, in the town of Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh on the bank of the river Narmada. Watch the dīkṣā ceremony continue at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFfMGtC7zfI&NR=1
- Group initiation of Digambara monks – part 2
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As part of their group ceremony of renunciation – dīkṣā – novice monks have the last tufts of hair plucked out by their teacher Vidyāsāgar. Then they remove their clothes amid the rejoicing of the large crowd of lay Jains. As a sign of detachment from worldly affairs, public nudity is associated with advanced spirituality and is the mark of a fully-fledged monk in Digambara Jainism. Then Vidyāsāgar traces the auspicious symbols of svastikas and four dots on their heads in sandalwood paste. Found on YouTube, this collective ceremony in Hindi took place on 21 August 2004 in the so-called Dayoday Tirth, Delwara Ghat, in the town of Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh on the bank of the river Narmada. Watch the next part of the ceremony at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0WeUJici30&NR=1
- Group initiation of Digambara monks – part 3
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Towards the end of their group ceremony of renunciation – dīkṣā – 25 new Digambara monks have their heads anointed with sandalwood paste. The monk Vidyāsāgar, who is initiating them, traces the auspicious symbols of swastikas and four dots on their heads and palms. Then he blesses the new monks and newly initated novices – kṣullaka – who are dressed in white. He also consecrates their water pots – kamaṇḍalu. Both groups of mendicants hold their characteristic peacock-feather brooms – piñchī. Found on YouTube, this collective ceremony in Hindi took place on 21 August 2004 in the so-called Dayoday Tirth, Delwara Ghat, in the town of Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh on the bank of the river Narmada. Watch the final part at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QCfjoyWbLk
- Group initiation of Digambara monks – part 4
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At the end of their group ceremony of renunciation – dīkṣā – 25 new Digambara monks are blessed by their teacher Vidyāsāgar. He also consecrates their water pots –kamaṇḍalu – and blesses some newly initated novices – kṣullaka – who are dressed in white. Both groups of mendicants hold their characteristic peacock-feather brooms – piñchī. The new monks have ritually taken off their clothes, which is a sign of advanced spirituality in Digambara Jainism. Then Vidyāsāgar preaches to the assembly of lay Jains. White-clad nuns – āryikā – are at the front of the crowd. Found on YouTube, this collective ceremony in Hindi took place on 21 August 2004 in the so-called Dayoday Tirth, Delwara Ghat, in the town of Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh on the bank of the river Narmada. Watch the first part of the ceremony at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txYBw9ke-aU
- Gujarat University
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Gujarat University, located in Ahmedabad in Gujarat, is an Indian university that runs a department of Sanskrit.
- Gujarati translation of Yogīndu’s works
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Atmadharma.com provides a PDF of Yogīndu’s Paramātma-prakāśa and Yoga-sāra in Gujarati to either read online or to download.
You will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader on your computer to open PDF files.
http://www.atmadharma.com/shastras/parmatmaprakash_and_yogsaar_guj_scn.pdf
- Gujarati version of Samayasāra Nāṭaka
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Atmadharma.com provides a PDF of Banārasīdās’s Samayasāra Nāṭaka in Gujarati to either read online or to download.
You will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader on your computer to open PDF files.
http://www.atmadharma.com/shastras/naataksamaysaar_guj_scn.pdf