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  2. History of Jainism - Wikipedia

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    According to Jain texts, the 22nd tirthankara Neminatha lived about 84,000 years ago and was the cousin of Krishna. [1] The two main sects of Jainism, the Digambara and the Śvētāmbara sects, likely started forming around the 1st century CE, and the schism was complete by about the 5th century CE. [2]

  3. List of tirthankaras - Wikipedia

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    Birthplace; Consecration Parents Complexion Symbol Height Number of Years Lived Tree Attendant spirits Male disciple; Female disciple Place of Nirvana Birth 1 Rishabhanatha: Sarvarthasiddha Ayodhya; Kailash: Nabhi by Marudevi: Golden Bull 1,500 meters 592.704 quintillion years Vata (Ficus benghalensis) Gomukha and Chakreshvari: Pundarika ...

  4. Jainism - Wikipedia

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    Jainism (/ ˈ dʒ eɪ n ɪ z əm / JAY-niz-əm), also known as Jain Dharma, [1] is an Indian religion.Jainism traces its spiritual ideas and history through the succession of twenty-four tirthankaras (supreme preachers of Dharma), with the first in the current time cycle being Rishabhadeva, whom the tradition holds to have lived millions of years ago, the twenty-third tirthankara Parshvanatha ...

  5. Mithilapuri Jain Teerth - Wikipedia

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    Mithilapuri Jain Teerth (Maithili: मिथिलापुरी जैन तीर्थ) is a sacred place in the tradition of Jainism. It is believed to be the birthplace and the penance place of the two Jain Tirthankars Bhagwan Mallinath Swami and Bhagwan Naminath Swami .

  6. Timeline of Jainism - Wikipedia

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    Jainism is an ancient Indian religion belonging to the śramaṇa tradition. It prescribes ahimsa (non-violence) towards all living beings to the greatest possible extent. The three main teachings of Jainism are ahimsa, anekantavada (non-absolutism), aparigraha (non-possessiveness).

  7. Sarnath Jain Tirth - Wikipedia

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    Simhapuri, present-day Singhpuri village, is believed to be the birthplace of the Shreyansanatha, the 11th tirthankara. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The place also marks four of five Kalyanaka (auspicious events) of Shreyansanatha: Chyavan (tirthankara enter's their mother's womb), Janm (birth), Diksha (renunciation) and Kevala Jnana (omniscience). [ 4 ]

  8. Mahavira - Wikipedia

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    The 12th-century Jain scholar Hemachandracharya placed Mahavira in the 6th century BCE. [30] [31] According to Jain tradition, the traditional date of 527 BCE is accurate; the Buddha was younger than Mahavira and "might have attained nirvana a few years later". [32] The place of his nirvana, Pavapuri in present-day Bihar, is a pilgrimage site ...

  9. Parshvanatha - Wikipedia

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    His mother dreamt 14 auspicious dreams, an indicator in Jain tradition that a tirthankar was about to be born. [30] According to the Jain texts, the thrones of the Indras shook when he was born and the Indras came down to earth to celebrate his janma-kalyanaka (his auspicious birth). [31] Parshvanatha was born with blue-black skin.