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susama He was born of a Rajput prince. The birth vi har of the Torthankaras is associated with marcain of the inoor who gave birth to them Risabhadeva's motley 1 1 7 buli in her dream bebore the birth of her son and he cir*, he called Risabha. He was the first in tcach the J11111 faith @ also taught scventytwo sciences to :31€n and i:inui af1i women which were mainly meant for tlic bench acahr pple He lived for 84 lakhs of purya of time 2 part of whicis fe i in asceticism King Bharata was one of his hundırds and he attained Molsha on Karlası His olloses incur at large number of Syamana', nuns and others
Neminatha
Neminatha or Arista-neminatha the twentysecund Turlan. kara is iepresented as blacis like the tweniion Tirthrni: He was born to King Samudravijaya of Sauripura. His :rother saw in a dream before the birth of her son a 7cmi, the outer rim of a wheel, consisting of Rishta stonos (black: Wis), flying upto the sky He was named Aristanemi after tas drcan Me was a contemporary of Su Krishna and his brother Balaram After neglecting his body for forlyfour days ani practising other severe penances he obtained the highest knowindge. Kevala Jnana He had a large following of Sramanas, nuns. lay votaries and others. During his time a great part of Dushman sushma era had elapsed He obtaincd Molsha on the summit of mount Girnar.
Parsvanatha
Parsvanatha the twentythird Tirthankara, seems to be a historical figuie He was born in Benares in about 817 BC. His father Asvasena was the King of the town. He came to be called Paisva because his mother before giving bird saw a black serpant crawling about in the dark while lying on her couch During his lifetime he was connected with snakes Once he rescued a snake hiding in a log which was going to be burnt by a Brahmin This snake later protected
Om his enemies and a hooded serpent became the symbol of Paisva He was married to Prabhayatı but renounced the worldly life at the age of 30 by performing similar ceremonies as Mahavira later did After 83 days of severe penance he attained Keval Inana and became the leader of a community of his followers He lived a life of a teacher for the next forty years and died as a people's favourite on the summit of mount Sammeta in Bengal 1
He asked his followers to practise four principles of good life They were i To practise non-violence, ii not to steal,
