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Q IS FOR QUEEN TRISHALÄ Q is for Queen Trishalä
Queen Trishalä Had Fourteen (Sixteen) Dreams After Lord Mahävir's* Soul Entered Her Womb
Queen Trishalä had fourteen dreams when she became pregnant. (According to Digambar tradition, Queen Trishalä had sixteen dreams adding a pair of fish and a lofty throne.) All the dreams symbolized the good qualities of her child. Queen Trishalä was very happy to be having such a wonderful child. That child was Lord Mahävir*. He showed us the path to freedom from the cycle of birth and death. The fourteen (Shvetämbar tradition) / sixteen (Digambar tradition) dreams were: 01 Lion
02 Elephant 03 Bull
04 Goddess Lakshmi 05 Pair of Garlands
06 Full Moon 07 Sun
08 Flag 09 Golden Vase
10 Lotus Lake 11. Milky Ocean
12 Celestial Plane 13 Heap of Jewels
14 Smokeless Fire 15 Pair of Fish**
16 Throne** Rushabhadev's mother dreamt of Bull, Elephant and Lion; while the mothers of Tirthankars number two to twenty-three dreamt of Elephant, Bull and Lion. The rest of the dreams were always in the same order. Note : Q is also for Quest and Quality Look for *Mahävir under M ** Additional dreams indicated in Digambar tradition
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