“Yaksh” aur “Yakshini” ka arth (Jain Dharma ke anusar)

• Yaksh: Purush shasanadev — Tirthankar ke sahayak/rajyakshak dev.
• Yakshini: Stri shasanadevi — Tirthankar ki sahayika/rajyakshak devi.

Unki bhoomika

• Har 24 Tirthankar ke saath ek Yaksh (purush) aur ek Yakshini (stri) niyukt hote hain. Inhen Shasanadev–Shasanadevi bhi kaha jata hai.
• Ye Vyantar Dev ke varg mein aate hain; raksha, upasarg-nivaran aur laukik sahayata (sukh–samruddhi, badha-doori) ke liye jane jate hain.
• Ye moksha-pradata nahi hote. Jain siddhant ke anusar moksha keval svaprayatna, samyak darshan–jnan–charitra se milta hai; isliye mool upasya Tirthankar, Siddha, sadhu–sadhvi hain.

Paramparagat udaharan

• Bhagwan Parshvanath: Yaksh — Dharanendra; Yakshini — Padmavati.
• Bhagwan Rishabhanath (Adinath): Yaksh — Gomukha; Yakshini — Chakreshvari.
• Bhagwan Neminath: Yakshini — Ambika (yaksh ke naam parampara-anusar bhinn milte hain).

Digambar–Shvetambar antar

• Dono paramparaen Yaksh–Yakshini ko Tirthankaron ke shasan-rakshak roop mein svikar karti hain, par kuchh Tirthankaron ke Yaksh/Yakshini ke naam, roop–lanchhan, vaahan aur pooja-vidhi ki suchi mein antar milta hai. Isliye naamavali aur murti-lakshan paramparagat granthon/parampara ke anusar dekhe jate hain.

Sankshep

• Yaksh = Tirthankar ke purush rakshak dev.
• Yakshini = Tirthankar ki stri rakshak devi.
• Dono laukik sahayata ke liye prasiddh, parantoo mukhya upasana hamesha Jinendra–Panch Parameshthi ki hoti hai.

Aage padhne ke liye:

• Vyantar/Dev ke prakar (yaksh–yakshini is varg mein):
• Padmavati–Dharanendra ki parampara:
• 24 Yaksh–Yakshini ke naam (parampara-anusar):