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The 24 Tirthankaras

The ford-makers of Jainism — those who, having crossed the ocean of worldly existence, showed the path to others. Both the Digambar and Shwetambar traditions revere the same twenty-four.

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Bhagwan Rishabhanatha, the first Tirthankara, with the bull emblem

1

Rishabhanatha (Adinatha)

Bull

Bhagwan Ajitanatha, the second Tirthankara, with the elephant emblem

2

Ajitanatha

Elephant

Bhagwan Sambhavanatha, the third Tirthankara, with the horse emblem

3

Sambhavanatha

Horse

Bhagwan Abhinandananatha, the fourth Tirthankara, with the monkey emblem

4

Abhinandananatha

Monkey

Bhagwan Sumatinatha, the fifth Tirthankara, with the curlew emblem

5

Sumatinatha

Curlew (Krauncha)

Bhagwan Padmaprabha, the sixth Tirthankara, with the red lotus emblem

6

Padmaprabha

Red Lotus

Bhagwan Suparshvanatha, the seventh Tirthankara, with the swastika emblem

7

Suparshvanatha

Swastika

Bhagwan Chandraprabha, the eighth Tirthankara, with the crescent moon emblem

8

Chandraprabha

Crescent Moon

Bhagwan Pushpadanta, the ninth Tirthankara, with the crocodile emblem

9

Pushpadanta (Suvidhinatha)

Crocodile (Makara)

Bhagwan Shitalanatha, the tenth Tirthankara, with the shrivatsa emblem

10

Shitalanatha

Shrivatsa

Bhagwan Shreyanshanatha, the eleventh Tirthankara, with the rhinoceros emblem

11

Shreyanshanatha

Rhinoceros

Bhagwan Vasupujya, the twelfth Tirthankara, with the buffalo emblem

12

Vasupujya

Buffalo

Bhagwan Vimalanatha, the thirteenth Tirthankara, with the boar emblem

13

Vimalanatha

Boar

Bhagwan Anantanatha, the fourteenth Tirthankara

14

Anantanatha

Porcupine / Falcon

Bhagwan Dharmanatha, the fifteenth Tirthankara, with the vajra emblem

15

Dharmanatha

Vajra

Bhagwan Shantinatha, the sixteenth Tirthankara, with the deer emblem

16

Shantinatha

Deer

Bhagwan Kunthunatha, the seventeenth Tirthankara, with the goat emblem

17

Kunthunatha

Goat

Bhagwan Aranatha, the eighteenth Tirthankara

18

Aranatha

Fish / Nandyavarta

Bhagwan Mallinatha, the nineteenth Tirthankara, with the water pot emblem

19

Mallinatha

Water Pot (Kalasha)

Bhagwan Munisuvrata, the twentieth Tirthankara, with the tortoise emblem

20

Munisuvrata

Tortoise

Bhagwan Naminatha, the twenty-first Tirthankara, with the blue lotus emblem

21

Naminatha

Blue Lotus

Bhagwan Neminatha, the twenty-second Tirthankara, with the conch emblem

22

Neminatha (Arishtanemi)

Conch (Shankha)

Bhagwan Parshvanatha, the twenty-third Tirthankara, with the serpent emblem

23

Parshvanatha

Serpent

Bhagwan Mahavira, the twenty-fourth Tirthankara, with the lion emblem

24

Mahavira (Vardhamana)

Lion

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Tirthankaras

Introduction

 Tirthankaras

Rishabhanatha (Adinatha)

 Tirthankaras

Ajitanatha

 Tirthankaras

Sambhavanatha

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