Durga Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===In Jainism=== The ''Sacciya mata'' found in major medieval era Jain temples mirrors Durga, and she has been identified by Jainism scholars to be the same or sharing a more ancient common lineage.<ref>{{cite book|author=Lawrence A. Babb|title=Ascetics and kings in a Jain ritual culture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q5MRAQAAIAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass|isbn=978-81-208-1538-4|pages=146β147, 157|access-date=15 February 2017|archive-date=17 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217121444/https://books.google.com/books?id=Q5MRAQAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> In the [[Ellora Caves]], the Jain temples feature Durga with her lion mount. However, she is not shown as killing the buffalo demon in the Jain cave, but she is presented as a peaceful deity.<ref>{{cite book|author=Lisa Owen|title=Carving Devotion in the Jain Caves at Ellora|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MUszAQAAQBAJ|year=2012|publisher=BRILL Academic|isbn=978-90-04-20630-4|pages=111β112|access-date=15 February 2017|archive-date=17 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217123151/https://books.google.com/books?id=MUszAQAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page