Jains Today in World

SR No.: 001794
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Pirre Paul AMIEL
Publisher: Parshwanath Vidyapith
Publication Year: 2008
Total Pages: 360
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, History, Religion, E000, & E005
File Size: 24 MB

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38 : JAINS TODAY IN THE WORLD
16) Sānti: He was born in Hastināpura (near modern Meerut) of King Visvasena and Queen Acirā. His name means "peace”. After having been Emperor of India, he renounced the world and became an ascetic. His body colour is golden and his symbol is a deer.
17) Kunthu: He was born too in Hastināpura of King Sūrya and Queen Śrīdevi. He also was an Emperor who became a monk. His body colour is golden and his symbol is a billy goat.
18) Ara: He was also born in Hastināpura of King Sudarśana and Queen Mitrā (Mahādevī). His body colour is golden and his symbol is the “ nandyāvarta” for the Švetāmbara, a fish for the Digambara.
19) Malli: For the Švetāmbara, this Tīrthankara was a woman, a man for the Digambara. She (He) was born in Mithilā (capital of the ancient Videha kingdom, in North Bihar) of King Kumbha and Queen Rakṣitā. Her (his) body colour is green and her (his) symbol is a jar.
20) Munisuvrata: He was born at Kuśāgra-nagara of King Sumitra and Queen Padmavati. His body colour is black and his symbol is a tortoise. The historical kings Daśaratha and Rāma, heroes of the “Rāmāyaṇa”, would have been his contemporaries.
21) Nami: He was born in Mithilā of King Vijaya and Queen Vaprā. His body colour is golden and his symbol is a blue lotus.
22) Nemi also called Aristanemi: He was born in Sauripura of King Samudravijaya and Queen Sivādevī. Engaged to Princess Rājimati, he renounced to get married to her and retired of the world upon hearing the cries of the animals that were to be killed for the wedding meal. He became a monk and his bride a nun. According to Jain tradition, Krsna and his brother Baladeva were his cousins. His body colour is black and his symbol is a conch.
23) Pārśva: This Tīrthankara has been accepted by the historians as a person who really existed. He was born in 877 B. C. at Kāśi