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A god thus becomes a liberated soul – liberated of miseries, cycles of rebirth, world, karmas and finally liberated of body as well. This is called nirvana or moksha. Jainism does not teach the dependency on any supreme being for enlightenment. The Tirthankara is a guide and teacher who points the way to enlightenment, but the struggle for ...
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Jain miniature painting of 24 Jain Tirthankaras, Jaipur, c. 1850 The 24 Tirthankaras forming the tantric meditative syllable Hrim, painting on cloth, Gujarat, c. 1800. In Jainism, a Tirthankara (IAST: tīrthaṅkara; lit. ' ford-maker ') is a saviour and supreme preacher of the dharma (righteous path). [1]
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, who lived millions of years ago, the twenty-third tirthankara Parshvanatha, whom historians date to the ...
Rishabhanatha is known by many names including Adinatha, Adishwara, Yugadeva and Nabheya. [10] Ādi purāṇa, a major Jain text records the life accounts of Rishabhanatha as well as ten previous incarnations according to the Digambara tradition. [18]
Neminatha was the twenty-second Tirthankara (ford-maker) of the avasarpiṇī (present descending cycle of Jain cosmology). [12] [13] [14] Jain tradition place him as a contemporary of Krishna, the ninth and last vasudev. [15] There was a gap of 581,750 years between the Neminatha and his predecessor, Naminatha as per traditional beliefs.
The following is an outline and topical guide of Jainism: Jainism, also known as Jain Dharma, is an Indian religion. [1] ... God; Moksha; Major schools Digambara ...
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. A strong, handsome boy, he played with the gods of water, hills and trees.