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Itihasa-Purana Brahmanic lore from earliest time of invoking Rishabhadeva as Rudra or Shiva.
It is in this context it is important to consider the definite opinion of Sir Marshall that the Vedic Aryans adopted Shiva worship (Shiva, Pashupati, Rudra) from Indus valley civilisation. It is significantly suggested by the various scholars that the nude standing images in the Indus Valley in a typically Jain Sramanic yogic pose-Kayotsargaabandonment of the body in meditation-bears a striking resemblance to the oldest Jain sculpture and further that there is a link between the Indus bull seals and the bull insignia (lancchana) of Rishabha.
From Vedic times the alternative names or designations for Rishabha dev have been: Digambara, Digvasa, Tapomaya, Charukesha, Shanta, Akshobhya, Ahimsa, Jnani, Kapardi, and Jati. These are such attributes as become perfectly applicable in their meaning to Rishabha Tirthankar. The characteristic mark of Shankar as found in Jaina creations and images known as Triratna which is
