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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 ...
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]
Shah, Natubhai (2004), Jainism: The World of Conquerors, Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 978-81-208-1938-2; Jain, Kailash Chand (1991), Lord Mahavira and his times, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 978-81-208-0805-8; Adigal, Prince Ilangô (1965), Shilappadikaram: (The Ankle Bracelet), translated by Alain Daniélou, New Directions, ISBN 9780811200011
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 ...
In Jain tradition, the tirthankaras were royal in their final lives, and Jain texts record details of those lives. Their clan and families are also among those recorded in legendary stories. According to Jain canons, Rishabhanatha, the first tirthankara, [13] founded the Ikshvaku dynasty, [25] from which 21 other tirthankaras rose over time
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).
He was born on the tenth day of the dark half of the Hindu month of Pausha to King Ashwasena and Queen Vamadevi of Varanasi. [19] [38] [39] Parshvanatha belonged to the Ikshvaku dynasty. [40] [41] Before his birth, Jain texts state that he ruled as the god Indra in the 13th heaven of Jain cosmology. [42]
Chandraprabha was the eighth Jain Tīrthankara of the present age . [2] He was born to King Mahasena and Queen Lakshmana Devi at Chandrapuri, [3] Varanasi on 12th day month Pausa in the Ikshvaku clan. [4] [2] [5] [6] Nine months before the birth of Chandraprabha, Queen Lakshmana Devi dreamt the sixteen most auspicious dreams. [7]