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"one who has crossed over and helps others cross the worldocean is tirthankara.”!
According to Jain Dharma, there have been twenty-four Tirthankaras--enlightened spiritual teachers—who have shown the way to Liberation. Rishabhadeva was the first Tirthankara of Jain dharma. After Rishabhadeva there were twenty three more Tirthankaras. Lord Mahavira was the last in the line. The names of the twenty four Tirthankaras of Jainism are as follows:
1) Rishabhadeva 2) Ajita 3) Sambhava 4) Abhinandana 5) Sumati 6) Padamprbhu 7) Suparshva 8) Chandraprabha 9) Pushpadanta 10) Sheetla 11) Shreyansa 12) Vasupujya 13) Vibhata 14) Ananta 15) Dharma 16) Shanti 17) Kunthu 18) Ara 19) Mallinatha 20) Muni Suvrata 21) Nami 22) Nemi 23) Parshvanatha 24) Vardhamana Mahavira.
In the present discussion we will only focus on the first and last of these Tirthankaras.
Rishabhadeva
The first Tirthankara Rishabhadeva was the son of King Nabhiraya, the fourteenth king among the generations of the
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