Tirthankara, the Glossary
In Jainism, a Tirthankara is a saviour and supreme spiritual teacher of the dharma (righteous path).[1]
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140 relations: A & C Black, Abhinandananatha, African buffalo, Ajitanatha, Anantanatha, Antelope, Aranatha, Arihant (Jainism), Ashtamangala, At attention, Avasarpiṇī, Śrāvaka, Śrāvaka (Jainism), Śvetāmbara, Balarama, Bandha (Jainism), Bharatiya Jnanpith, Bible, Bihar, Bimbisara, Book of Revelation, Bull, Canon law, Champapuri, Champat Rai Jain, Chandraprabha, Crescent, Crocodile, Darshan (Indian religions), Deer, Deva (Jainism), Dharma (Jainism), Dharmanatha, Digambara, Elephant, Encyclopædia Britannica, Endless knot, Falcon, Fish, Flamingo, Fleur-de-lis, Ford (crossing), Girnar, Goat, God in Jainism, Gujarat, Harivaṃśa, Hindi Granth Karyalay, Hindustan Times, Horse, ... Expand index (90 more) »
- God in Jainism
- Tirthankaras
A & C Black
A & C Black is a British book publishing company, owned since 2002 by Bloomsbury Publishing.
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Abhinandananatha
Abhinandananatha or Abhinandana Swami was the fourth Tirthankara of the present age (Avasarpini). Tirthankara and Abhinandananatha are tirthankaras.
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African buffalo
The African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) is a large sub-Saharan African bovine.
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Ajitanatha
Ajitanatha (lit. invincible) was the second tirthankara of the present age, avasarpini (half time cycle) according to Jainism. Tirthankara and Ajitanatha are tirthankaras.
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Anantanatha
Anantanatha was the fourteenth Tirthankara of the present age (Avasarpini) of Jainism. Tirthankara and Anantanatha are tirthankaras.
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Antelope
The term antelope refers to numerous extant or recently extinct species of the ruminant artiodactyl family Bovidae that are indigenous to most of Africa, India, the Middle East, Central Asia, and a small area of Eastern Europe.
Aranatha
Aranath(Arnath) was the eighteenth Jain Tirthankar of the present half cycle of time (Avasarpini). Tirthankara and Aranatha are tirthankaras.
Arihant (Jainism)
Arihant (italic, lit) is a jiva (soul) who has conquered inner passions such as attachment, anger, pride and greed.
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Ashtamangala
The Ashtamangala is a sacred suite of Eight Auspicious Signs featured in a number of Indian religions such as Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism.
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At attention
The position of at attention, or standing at attention, is a military posture which involves the following general postures.
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Avasarpiṇī
Avasarpiṇī is the descending half of the cosmic time cycle in Jainism and the one in which the world is said to be at present.
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Śrāvaka
Śrāvaka (Sanskrit) or Sāvaka (Pali) means "hearer" or, more generally, "disciple".
Śrāvaka (Jainism)
In Jainism, the word Śrāvaka or Sāvaga (from Jain Prakrit) is used to refer to the Jain laity (householders).
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Śvetāmbara
The Śvetāmbara (also spelled Shwetambara, Shvetambara, Svetambara or Swetambara) is one of the two main branches of Jainism, the other being the Digambara.
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Balarama
Balarama (बलराम) is a Hindu god, and the elder brother of Krishna.
Bandha (Jainism)
Bandha (also karma-bandha) in Jainism, is the mutual intermingling of the soul and karmas (fine matter).
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Bharatiya Jnanpith
Bharatiya Jnanpith a literary and research organization, based in New Delhi, India, was founded on February 18, 1944 by Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain of the Sahu Jain family and his wife Rama Jain to undertake systematic research and publication of Sanskrit, Prakrit, Pali and Apabhramsha texts and covering subjects like religion, philosophy, logic, ethics, grammar, astrology, poetics, etc.
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Bible
The Bible (from Koine Greek τὰ βιβλία,, 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures, some, all, or a variant of which are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, Islam, the Baha'i Faith, and other Abrahamic religions.
Bihar
Bihar is a state in Eastern India.
Bimbisara
Bimbisāra (in Buddhist tradition) or Shrenika and Seniya in the Jain histories was the King of Magadha (V. K. Agnihotri (ed.), Indian History. Allied Publishers, New Delhi 262010, f. or) and belonged to the Haryanka dynasty.
Book of Revelation
The Book of Revelation or Book of the Apocalypse is the final book of the New Testament (and therefore the final book of the Christian Bible).
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Bull
A bull is an intact (i.e., not castrated) adult male of the species Bos taurus (cattle).
Canon law
Canon law (from κανών, kanon, a 'straight measuring rod, ruler') is a set of ordinances and regulations made by ecclesiastical authority (church leadership) for the government of a Christian organization or church and its members.
Champapuri
Champapuri, Champa Nagri or Champanagar is a neighbourhood in Bhagalpur in the Indian state of Bihar.
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Champat Rai Jain
Champat Rai Jain (6 August 1867–2 June 1942) was a Digambara Jain born in Delhi and who studied and practised law in England.
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Chandraprabha
Chandraprabha or Chandranatha is the eighth Tirthankara of Tīrthaṅkara of Jainism in the present age (Avasarpini). Tirthankara and Chandraprabha are tirthankaras.
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Crescent
A crescent shape is a symbol or emblem used to represent the lunar phase (as it appears in the northern hemisphere) in the first quarter (the "sickle moon"), or by extension a symbol representing the Moon itself.
Crocodile
Crocodiles (family Crocodylidae) or true crocodiles are large semiaquatic reptiles that live throughout the tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia.
Darshan (Indian religions)
In Indian religions, a darshan (Sanskrit: दर्शन,; 'showing, appearance, view, sight') or darshanam is the auspicious sight of a deity or a holy person.
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Deer
A deer (deer) or true deer is a hoofed ruminant ungulate of the family Cervidae (informally the deer family).
Deva (Jainism)
The Sanskrit word Deva has multiple meanings in Jainism.
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Dharma (Jainism)
Jain texts assign a wide range of meaning to the Sanskrit dharma or Prakrit dhamma.
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Dharmanatha
Dharmanatha was the fifteenth Jain Tirthankara of the present age (Avasarpini). Tirthankara and Dharmanatha are tirthankaras.
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Digambara
Digambara ("sky-clad") is one of the two major schools of Jainism, the other being Śvetāmbara (white-clad).
Elephant
Elephants are the largest living land animals.
Encyclopædia Britannica
The British Encyclopaedia is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia.
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Endless knot
Endless knot in a Burmese Pali manuscript The endless knot or eternal knot is a symbolic knot and one of the Eight Auspicious Symbols.
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Falcon
Falcons are birds of prey in the genus Falco, which includes about 40 species. Some small species of falcons with long, narrow wings are called hobbies, and some that hover while hunting are called kestrels. Falcons are widely distributed on all continents of the world except Antarctica, though closely related raptors did occur there in the Eocene.
Fish
A fish (fish or fishes) is an aquatic, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fins and a hard skull, but lacking limbs with digits.
Flamingo
Flamingos or flamingoes are a type of wading bird in the family Phoenicopteridae, which is the only extant family in the order Phoenicopteriformes.
Fleur-de-lis
The fleur-de-lis, also spelled fleur-de-lys (plural fleurs-de-lis or fleurs-de-lys), is a common heraldic charge in the shape of a lily (in French, fleur and lis mean and respectively).
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Ford (crossing)
A ford is a shallow place with good footing where a river or stream may be crossed by wading, or inside a vehicle getting its wheels wet.
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Girnar
Girnar is an ancient hill in Junagadh, Gujarat, India.
Goat
The goat or domestic goat (Capra hircus) is a species of domesticated goat-antelope that is mostly kept as livestock.
God in Jainism
In Jainism, godliness is said to be the inherent quality of every soul.
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Gujarat
Gujarat is a state along the western coast of India.
Harivaṃśa
The Harivamsa is an important work of Sanskrit literature, containing 16,374 shlokas, mostly in the anustubh metre.
Hindi Granth Karyalay
Hindi Granth Karyalay is an Indian publishing house and specialized book store dealing in books pertaining to Jainology and Indology in English, Hindi, Sanskrit, Prakrit and Apabhramsha.
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Hindustan Times
Hindustan Times is an Indian English-language daily newspaper based in Delhi.
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Horse
The horse (Equus ferus caballus) is a domesticated, one-toed, hoofed mammal.
India
India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.
Indra
Indra (इन्द्र) is the king of the devas and Svarga in Hinduism.
Jain cosmology
Jain cosmology is the description of the shape and functioning of the Universe (loka) and its constituents (such as living beings, matter, space, time etc.) according to Jainism.
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Jain monasticism
Jain monasticism refers to the order of monks and nuns in the Jain community and can be divided into two major denominations: the Digambara and the Śvētāmbara.
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Jainism
Jainism, also known as Jain Dharma, is an Indian religion.
Jīva (Jainism)
Jīva (जीव) or Ātman (आत्मन्) is a philosophical term used within Jainism to identify the soul.
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Jharkhand
Jharkhand is a state in eastern India.
Kalasha
A kalasha, also called Pūrṇa-Kalaśa, Pūrṇa-Kumbha, Pūrṇa-Ghaṭa, also called ghat or ghot or kumbh (कलश, Telugu: కలశము Kannada: ಕಳಶ literally "pitcher, pot"), is a metal (brass, copper, silver or gold) pot with a large base and small mouth.
Kalpavriksha
Kalpavriksha (Kalpavṛkṣa) is a wish-fulfilling divine tree in religions like Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism.
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Karma in Jainism
Karma is the basic principle within an overarching psycho-cosmology in Jainism.
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Karna
Karna (Sanskrit: कर्ण, IAST: Karṇa), also known as Vasusena, Anga-raja, and Radheya, is one of the main protagonists of the Hindu epic Mahābhārata.
Kashaya (Jainism)
In Jainism, kashaya (kaṣāya; loose translation: Passion) are aspects of a person that can be gained during their worldly life.
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Kayotsarga
Kayotsarga (काउस्सग्ग) is a yogic posture which is an important part of the Jain meditation.
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Kevala jnana
Kevala jnana (केवल ज्ञान) or Kevala gyana, also known as Kaivalya, means omniscience in Jainism and is roughly translated as complete understanding or supreme wisdom.
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Krishna
Krishna (Sanskrit: कृष्ण) is a major deity in Hinduism.
Kundakunda
Kundakunda was a Digambara Jain monk and philosopher, who likely lived in the second century CE or later.
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Kunthunatha
Kunthunath was the seventeenth Tirthankara, sixth Chakravartin and twelfth Kamadeva of the present half time cycle, Avasarpini. Tirthankara and Kunthunatha are tirthankaras.
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Lion
The lion (Panthera leo) is a large cat of the genus Panthera, native to Africa and India.
List of Tirthankaras
This article lists, in chronological order, the names, signs, colors etc. Tirthankara and list of Tirthankaras are tirthankaras.
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Lock of hair
A lock of hair is a piece or pieces of human hair that are usually bunched or tied together in some way.
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London
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.
Lotus position
Lotus position or Padmasana (translit) is a cross-legged sitting meditation pose from ancient India, in which each foot is placed on the opposite thigh.
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Mahabharata
The Mahābhārata (महाभारतम्) is one of the two major Smriti texts and Sanskrit epics of ancient India revered in Hinduism, the other being the Rāmāyaṇa.
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Mahavira
Mahavira (Devanagari: महावीर), also known as Vardhamana (Devanagari: वर्धमान), the 24th Tirthankara (Supreme Teacher) of Jainism. Tirthankara and Mahavira are tirthankaras.
Makara
Makara (translit) is a legendary sea-creature in Hindu mythology.
Mallinatha
Mallinatha (Prakrit Mallinātha, "Lord of jasmine or seat") (Devanagari: मल्लिनाथ) (Sanskrit: मल्लिनाथः) was the 19th tīrthaṅkara "ford-maker" of the present ''avasarpiṇī'' age in Jainism. Tirthankara and Mallinatha are tirthankaras.
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Merriam-Webster
Merriam-Webster, Incorporated is an American company that publishes reference books and is mostly known for its dictionaries.
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Moksha
Moksha (मोक्ष), also called vimoksha, vimukti, and mukti, is a term in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism for various forms of emancipation, liberation, nirvana, or release.
Moksha (Jainism)
Sanskrit or Prakrit mokkha refers to the liberation or salvation of a soul from saṃsāra, the cycle of birth and death.
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Monkey
Monkey is a common name that may refer to most mammals of the infraorder Simiiformes, also known as the simians.
Moon
The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite.
Motilal Banarsidass
Motilal Banarsidass Publishing House (MLBD) is an Indian academic publishing house, founded in Delhi, India in 1903.
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Mount Meru
Mount Meru (Sanskrit/Pali: मेरु), also known as Sumeru, Sineru, or Mahāmeru, is the sacred five-peaked mountain of Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist cosmology and is considered to be the centre of all the physical, metaphysical, and spiritual universes.
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Mumbai
Mumbai (ISO:; formerly known as Bombay) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra.
Munisuvrata
Munisuvrata or Munisuvratanatha (IAST) (Devanagari: मुनिसुव्रतनाथ) (Sanskrit: मुनिसुव्रतः) was the twentieth Tirthankara of the present half time cycle (avasarpini) in Jain cosmology. Tirthankara and Munisuvrata are tirthankaras.
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Naminatha
Naminatha (Devanagari: नमिनाथ) (Sanskrit: नमिनाथः) was the twenty-first tirthankara of the present half time cycle, Avsarpini. Tirthankara and Naminatha are tirthankaras.
Nandavarta
The Nandavarta or Nandyavarta is one of the eight auspicious symbols of Jainism for the Śvetāmbara sect.
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Neminatha
Nemināth (Devanagari: नेमिनाथ) (Sanskrit: नेमिनाथः), also known as Nemi and Ariṣṭanemi (Devanagari: अरिष्टनेमि), is the twenty-second tirthankara of Jainism in the present age (Avasarpini). Tirthankara and Neminatha are tirthankaras.
New York City
New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.
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Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea
Nymphaea nouchali var.
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Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.
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Padmaprabha
Padmaprabha, also known as Padmaprabhu, was the sixth Jain Tirthankara of the present age (Avsarpini). Tirthankara and Padmaprabha are tirthankaras.
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Parshvanatha
Parshvanatha (पार्श्वनाथः), or and Pārasanātha, was the 23rd of 24 Tirthankaras (supreme preacher of dharma) of Jainism. Tirthankara and Parshvanatha are tirthankaras.
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Patna
Patna, historically known as Pataliputra, is the capital and largest city of the state of Bihar in India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Patna had a population of 2.35 million, making it the 19th largest city in India. Covering and over 2.5 million people, its urban agglomeration is the 15th largest in India.
Pawapuri
Pawapuri, or Pavapuri (also called Apapapuri, meaning "the sinless town"), is a holy site for Jains located in the Nalanda district of Bihar state in eastern India.
Pearson Education
Pearson Education, known since 2011 as simply Pearson, is the educational publishing and services subsidiary of the international corporation Pearson plc.
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Porcupine
Porcupines are large rodents with coats of sharp spines, or quills, that protect them against predation.
Prayagraj
Prayagraj (ISO), also known as Allahabad or Ilahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
Pushpadanta
In Jainism, Pushpadanta (पुष्पदन्त), also known as Suvidhinatha, was the ninth Tirthankara of the present age (Avasarpini). Tirthankara and Pushpadanta are tirthankaras.
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Rama
Rama is a major deity in Hinduism.
Rhinoceros
A rhinoceros (rhinoceros or rhinoceroses), commonly abbreviated to rhino, is a member of any of the five extant species (or numerous extinct species) of odd-toed ungulates in the family Rhinocerotidae; it can also refer to a member of any of the extinct species of the superfamily Rhinocerotoidea.
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Rishabhanatha
Rishabhanatha (Devanagari: ऋषभनाथ), also Rishabhadeva (Devanagari: ऋषभदेव), Rishabha (Devanagari: ऋषभ) or Ikshvaku (Devanagari: इक्ष्वाकु, Ikṣvāku), is the first tirthankara (Supreme preacher) of Jainism. Tirthankara and Rishabhanatha are tirthankaras.
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Rohini (wife of Vasudeva)
In Hindu mythology, Rohini (lit) is the first consort of Vasudeva, the sister of Yashoda, and the mother of the Hindu deities Balarama and Subhadra.
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Routledge
Routledge is a British multinational publisher.
Rowman & Littlefield
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group is an American independent academic publishing company founded in 1949.
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Saṃsāra (Jainism)
Saṃsāra (transmigration) in Jain philosophy, refers to the worldly life characterized by continuous rebirths and reincarnations in various realms of existence.
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Sacred lotus in religious art
The lotus, Nelumbo nucifera, is an aquatic plant that plays a central role in the art of Indian religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism.
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Samavasarana
In Jainism, Samavasarana or Samosharana ("Refuge to All") is the divine preaching hall of the Tirthankara, stated to have more than 20,000 stairs in it.
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Sambhavanatha
Sambhavanatha was the third Jain tirthankara (omniscient teaching god) of the present age (Avasarpini). Tirthankara and Sambhavanatha are tirthankaras.
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Sangha
Sangha is a Sanskrit word used in many Indian languages, including Pali which means "association", "assembly", "company" or "community"; in these languages, sangha is frequently used as a surname.
Sangha (Jainism)
In Jainism, Sangha (Community of the pious) is a term used to refer to the fourfold community of Muni (male ascetics), Aryika / Sadhvi (female ascetics), Śrāvaka (laymen), and Śrāvikā (laywomen).
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Shankha
A shankha has religious ritual importance in Hinduism.
Shantinatha
Śāntinātha (शान्तिनाथ) or Śānti is the sixteenth Tīrthaṅkara of Jainism in the present age (Avasarpini). Tirthankara and Shantinatha are tirthankaras.
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Shikharji
Shikharji, also known as Sammet or Sammed Shikharji, is one of the Holiest pilgrimage sites for Jains, in Giridih district, Jharkhand.
Shitalanatha
Shitalanatha was the tenth tirthankara of the present age according to Jainism. Tirthankara and Shitalanatha are tirthankaras.
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Shreyansanatha
Shreyansanath was the eleventh Jain Tirthankara of the present age (Avasarpini). Tirthankara and Shreyansanatha are tirthankaras.
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Shrivatsa
The Shrivatsa (Sanskrit: श्रीवत्स; IAST: Śrīvatsa) is an ancient symbol, considered auspicious in Hinduism and other Indian religious traditions.
Siddhashila
Siddhashila is an area in Jain cosmology at the apex of the universe, which is where the Jains believe people who have become arihants and tirthankaras go after they die and attain moksha.
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Siddhi
In Indian religions, (Sanskrit: सिद्धि; fulfillment, accomplishment) are material, paranormal, supernatural, or otherwise magical powers, abilities, and attainments that are the products of yogic advancement through sādhanās such as meditation and yoga.
Simandhar
Simandhar or Simandhara is a Tīrthaṅkara, an arihant, who is said to be currently living in another world in the Jain cosmological universe. Tirthankara and Simandhar are tirthankaras.
Snake
Snakes are elongated, limbless reptiles of the suborder Serpentes.
Solar dynasty
The Solar dynasty or (सूर्यवंश), also called the Ikshvaku dynasty is a legendary Indian dynasty said to have been founded by Ikshvaku.
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Sterling Publishing
Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. is a publisher of a broad range of subject areas, with multiple imprints and more than 5,000 titles in print.
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Sumatinatha
Sumatinatha was the fifth Jain Tirthankara of the present age (Avasarpini). Tirthankara and Sumatinatha are tirthankaras.
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Suparshvanatha
Suparshvanatha (सुपार्श्वनाथ), also known as Suparśva, was the seventh Jain Tīrthankara of the present age (avasarpini). Tirthankara and Suparshvanatha are tirthankaras.
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Swastika
The swastika (卐 or 卍) is an ancient religious and cultural symbol, predominantly found in various Eurasian cultures, as well as some African and American ones.
Tattva (Jainism)
Jain philosophy explains that nine (Śvetāmbara tradition) or seven (Digambara tradition) tattva (truths or fundamental principles) constitute reality.
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Tattvartha Sutra
Tattvārthasūtra, meaning "On the Nature of Reality " (also known as Tattvarth-adhigama-sutra or Moksha-shastra) is an ancient Jain text written by Acharya Umaswami in Sanskrit, sometime between the 2nd- and 5th-century CE.
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Tilaka
In Hinduism, the tilaka (तिलक), colloquially known as a tika, is a mark worn usually on the forehead, at the point of the ''ajna chakra'' (third eye or spiritual eye) and sometimes other parts of the body such as the neck, hand, chest, or the arm.
Tirtha (Jainism)
In Jainism, a tīrtha (तीर्थ "ford, a shallow part of a body of water that may be easily crossed") is used to refer both to pilgrimage sites as well as to the four sections of the sangha.
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Tirthankara
In Jainism, a Tirthankara is a saviour and supreme spiritual teacher of the dharma (righteous path). Tirthankara and Tirthankara are god in Jainism and tirthankaras.
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Tortoise
Tortoises are reptiles of the family Testudinidae of the order Testudines (Latin for "tortoise").
Trafford Publishing
Trafford Publishing is a book publishing company for self-publishing authors.
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Twenty-Four Elders
The Twenty-Four Elders appear in the Book of Revelation (4:4) of the Christian Bible.
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Udayin
Udayin (-444 BCE) also known as Udayabhadra was a king of Magadha in ancient India.
Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand, formerly known as Uttaranchal (the official name until 2007), is a state in northern India.
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Vajra
The Vajra is a legendary and ritualistic tool, symbolizing the properties of a diamond (indestructibility) and a thunderbolt (irresistible force).
Vasupujya
Vasupujya is the twelfth tirthankara in Jainism of the avasarpini (present age). Tirthankara and Vasupujya are tirthankaras.
Vimalanatha
Vimalanatha was the thirteenth Jain Tirthankara of the present age (Avasarpini). Tirthankara and Vimalanatha are tirthankaras.
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Wild boar
The wild boar (Sus scrofa), also known as the wild swine, common wild pig, Eurasian wild pig, or simply wild pig, is a suid native to much of Eurasia and North Africa, and has been introduced to the Americas and Oceania.
See also
God in Jainism
- Bahubali
- God in Jainism
- Jainism and non-creationism
- Pañca-Parameṣṭhi
- Tirthankara
- Tirthankaras
- Yakshini
Tirthankaras
- Abhinandananatha
- Ajanubahu
- Ajitanatha
- Anantanatha
- Aranatha
- Chandraprabha
- Dharmanatha
- Jivantasvami
- Kunthunatha
- List of Tirthankaras
- Mahavira
- Mallinatha
- Munisuvrata
- Naminatha
- Neminatha
- Padmaprabha
- Parshvanatha
- Pushpadanta
- Rishabhanatha
- Sambhavanatha
- Shantinatha
- Shitalanatha
- Shreyansanatha
- Simandhar
- Sumatinatha
- Suparshvanatha
- Tirthankara
- Vasupujya
- Vimalanatha
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tirthankara
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