Book Title: Jain Journal 1994 07 Author(s): Jain Bhawan Publication Publisher: Jain Bhawan PublicationPage 23
________________ OHIRA: THE 24 BUDDHAS AND THE 24 TIRTHANKARAS for good and bad periods can be combined into 6 ways. Avasarpini consists of the best period, good period. good-bad period, bad-good period, bad period and the worst period, and utsurpini takes its reverse order. This kala-cakra turns over 5 Bharatas and 5 Airavatas in the human regions, and the rest of the districts in the human regions are eternally under the fixed modes of time. Let us see it in the figure pertaining to Jambudvipa. Bad-good Good-bad Good Best Jain Education International Best Good Good-bad Jambudvipa Bad-good ► Airavata ▸ Hairanyavata ► Ramyaka Videha Hari Bharata Kuru ►Haimavata Kuru For Private & Personal Use Only 19 Videha The four periods of yuga or kalpa dominate over Bharata region alone in the world of Brahmanism, but the Jainas turned the kala-cakra over Airavata also in order to keep a balance over the geographical structure. Furthermore, the same phenomenon is said to occur in two Bharatas and two Airavatas each in Dhatakikhanda and Puskarärdha as shown in the following figure. The 24 tirthankaras (along with the 12 cakravartis and other great personages) are to be born in these 5 Bharatas and 5 Airavatas at good-bad period and bad-good period in each half time cycle, and preach the law of the Jainas in their own districts. Why 5 vratas www.jainelibrary.orgPage Navigation
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