Portrait of Jain Religion

Author(s): Narendra Jain
Publisher: Prakrit Bharti Academy

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Suparshvanath Chandraprabhu
Pushpadanta Shitalnath
Shreyansnath Vasupujya Swami
Vimalnath
Anantnath
Dharmanath
Shantinath
Kuntunath
Aranath
Mallinath
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Emblem
Swastika
Crescent moon
Crocodile
Shrivatsa tree
Rhinoceros
Buffalo
Boar
Bear or hawk
Thunderbolt
Deer
Male goat
Fish
Water pot
Muni Suvrat Swami Tortoise
Nami nath
Blue lotus
Neminath
Conch
(Arishtanemi)
Parshvanath
Mahavir Swami
Serpent
Lion
Birth place
Varanasi
Chandrapuri Kakandi
Bhadrikapuri
Simhapuri
Champapuri
Kampilya
Ayodhya
Ratnapuri
Hastinapur
Hastinapur
Hastinapur
Mithila
Rajgrahi
Mithila
Dwarka
Kashi
Nirvana place Gana
hars
Samet Shikhar
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Samet Shikhar 93
Samet Shikhar
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Samet Shikhar
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Samet Shikhar 77 Champapuri 66
Samet Shikhar
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Samet Shikhar
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Samet Shikhar 43
Samet Shikhar
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Samet Shikhar
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Samet Shikhar
Samet Shikhar
Samet Shikhar
Samet Shikhar 17
Mount Girnar
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Samet Shikhar Pava Puri
Kshatriyakund
Jains celebrate with elaborate ritual five major events from the life of a Tirthankar. They are (i) the Garbha kalyanak (Conception event), (ii) the Janma kalyanak (Birth event), (iii) Diksha kalyanak (Initiation event), (iv) Kevaljnan kalyanak (Omnicience event), and (v) Nirvan kalyanak (salvation event). Of the 24 Tirthankaras, Rishabhnath, Shantinath, Neminath, Parshvanasth and Mahavir are the most extensively idolized and the most widely worshipped Tirthankaras.
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Digambar tradition holds that women cannot become Tirthankar, since they cannot fully take to absolute Aparigraha mahavrat in view of the need to cover the body. As has been narrated before, Digambar ascetics are sky clad, and so are the idols of all Tirthankars. Shwetambar tradition interprets the Aparigraha mahavrata in a relatively flexible manner. Their monks wear the minimum cloth pieces in white primarily to cover their bodies and not as any form of attachment or possessiveness. In keeping with this they maintain that Mallinath, the 19th Tirthankar was a lady.
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