Bhavanavasin
The Bhavanavasin is a Jain group of gods.
They inhabit the gem- shining Ratnarprabha , the uppermost region of the underworld ( Loka-Purusha ). They are the highest of four classes of gods:
The Bhavanavasin are divided into 10 subgroups:
- Asura-Kumara ( Sanskrit : demon prince)
- Naga-Kumara ( Sanskrit : serpent prince)
- Suparana-Kumara ( Sanskrit : eagle prince)
- Vidyut-Kumara ( Sanskrit : lightning prince)
- Agni-Kumara ( Sanskrit : fire prince)
- Dvipa-Kumara ( Sanskrit : island prince)
- Udadhi-Kumara ( Sanskrit : ocean prince)
- Dik-Kumara ( Sanskrit : prince of the cardinal points)
- Vayu-Kumara ( Sanskrit : wind prince)
- Stanita-Kumara ( Sanskrit : thunder prince)
Iconographically they are distinguished by body color and diadem features .
swell
- Tattvartha Sutra 4.11 (E10; T156) ff
- Uttaradhyayana Sutra 36, 202ff. In: Hermann Jakobi : Gaina Sûtras. Part 2, The Uttarâdhyayana Sûtra. In: Max Müller (Ed.): Sacred Books of the East . Vol. 45. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1895, pp. 225f, digitized . (Reprint: Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi 1995, ISBN 81-208-0146-6 )
literature
- Gerhard J. Bellinger : Knaurs Lexikon der Mythologie. Droemer Knaur Verlag, Munich 1989, ISBN 3-8289-4155-9 , p. 77f.
- Karl H. Potter: Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies. Vol. IX: Buddhist philosophy from 350 to 600 AD Motilal Barnasidass, Delhi 2007, p. 55.