Tirthankar Parshvanath

Author(s): Bipin Doshi, Ila Shah
Publisher: Sureshdada Jain and Family Mumbai

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Purisādānīya ("beloved of men")
Worshipping Tirthankar Parsvanath
for Wealth and Health
There are 24 Supreme Beings in Jain tradition called Tirthankaras, the first tirthankar is Adinath and the last tirthankar is Mahaveer. Tirth means a ford, a vehicle to cross the ocean of miseries. Not only that they are liberated souls but they also show to others -a path of liberation, a state where there is no rebirth, ending all miseries and attaining eternal bliss.
Of all Tirthankaras, Parshvanath is most worshipped. His temples and Pratimas (Idols) are maximum. The reasons for this is that, when he was in 10th heaven, he attended 500 auspicious occasions of other Tirthankaras. He profoundly bonded with Adeya Naam Karma, one of the 103 Karma Prakrutis (nature), hence, he is called purisādāņiya ("beloved of men"), a name which shows that he must have been a genial personality. He remains beloved among Jains. He is closely associated with compassion, although free from the world of rebirth, like all Tirthankaras, and therefore unable to aid his devotees personally,but his deities Yaksh Parshva and Yakshini Ma Padmavati get pleased on worshipper and shower their blessings for enormous wealth and healthy life.
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This is the reason; Tirthankar Parshvanath is most popular object of Jain devotion.
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