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Ambika

deity intermediate Jainism single tradition · 10

According to Jain texts, Ambika is said to have been an ordinary woman named Agnila who became a Goddess. She is the yakshi of Neminatha. Her husband was reborn as a lion and became her vehicle.

↻ synthesized from 10 sources

When

First attested
1500 BCE
Attested period
-1500 – 2020
Historical notes
Found in the Rigveda and identified with Parvati in Sayana's commentary on the Kena Upanishad.

Relationships

co occurs with
Mahalakshmi, Kal Bhairava, Murugan, Padmanabhaswamy, Meenakshi, Guru Gorakhnath, Sarvahna, Gomedha, Goddess Ambika, Kauśikī, Dharanendra, Chakreshwari, Parshvanatha, Gauri, Aditi, Rudrani, Sati-Parvati, Nirriti, Mahishasura, Mahakali, Bhadrakali, Mahishasuramardini, Raktabija, Chanda, Munda, Chandi, Katyayini Durga, Vindhyavasini, Yogmaya, Maheshwari, Vaishnavi, Andreye, Shumbha, Kalaratri, Bahuputrika, Anila, Antila, Deva, ishta-devata, Kuladevata, Gramadevata, Ma Dakshina Kali, Mata Mumbadevi, Sachchika, Mata Patan Devi, Sri Hattanath, Śiva, kali, Lakshmi
parent of
Siddhas, Buddha, Shubhanakar, Prabhankara, Priyankara, Shubhankara
consort of
Soma, Somasarman, Sarvanubhuti, Somasarman, Gomukha, Narasimha
allied with
Padmāvatī, Chakreshvari, Sarvahanabhuti
aspect of
Durga, Parvati, Shakti
syncretized with
Parvati, Uma, Uma-Haimavati, Bhavani, Katyayani
sibling of
Rudra
enemy of
Shumbha, Nishumbha
manifests as
Yakshini, Isakki
serves
Neminātha Tirthankara
manifested by
Agnila, Kushmandini, Parvati, Caṇḍī, Caṇḍikā, Yakshini

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Sources

wikipedia (10)
  1. Tutelary deity
  2. Ambika (Jainism)
  3. Gomukha
  4. Padmāvatī
  5. Parvati
  6. Ambika (goddess)
  7. Chandi
  8. Kalaratri
  9. List of Yakshas
  10. Isakki

Source passages

“Ambika (Porwad)”

#9124 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“The Amba-Ambika group of caves of Manmodi Caves, dated 2nd century CE, is dedicated to Goddess Ambika. The Ambika Temple, Girnar dates back 784 CE and is considered one of the oldest temple dedicated to Goddess Ambika. The worship of Goddess Ambika, the tutelary deity of Shri Munisuvrata-Nemi-Parshva Jinalaya, Santhu is popular among devotees”

#23017 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Ambika Campbell, James M. (1884)... Tiwari, Dr. Maruti Nandan Prasad (1989), Ambika in Jaina Art and Literature”

#23106 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“Tiwari, Dr. Maruti Nandan Prasad (1989). Ambika in Jaina Art and Literature.”

#28844 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“Instead, Ambika, Rudrani and others are found in the Rigveda...identifies Parvati in the Kena Upanishad, suggesting her to be the same as Uma and Ambika”

#29285 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5