Jyotishka

The Jyotiṣka (also Jyotisha , Gyotishka ) is a Jain group of gods.

They are the third of four classes of gods:

1. Bhavanavāsin
2. Vyantara
3. Jyotiṣka
4. Vaimānika

The Jyotiṣka are embodiments of heavenly bodies and are divided into five groups:

1. Moons
2. to sunbathe
3. Planets
4. Nakshatras (moon stations, an astrological division of the ecliptic )
5. Fixed stars

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, digitizedhttp: //vorlage_digitalisat.test/1%3D~GB%3D~IA%3Dsacredbookseast17mulluoft~MDZ%3D%0A~SZ%3Dn272~ double-sided%3D~LT%3D~PUR%3D . (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. 238.
• Karl H. Potter: Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies. Vol. IX: Buddhist philosophy from 350 to 600 AD Motilal Barnasidass, Delhi 2007, p. 55.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ UTTARADHYAYANA Sutra 36, 207