Saturday

Aryabhata

Aryabhata was a Jain astronomer of Kerala

Pavapuri

Pavapuri is salvation place of Mahavir, the last Jain Tirthankar

Girnar Hills

Girnar Hills in Gujarat is salvation place of Teerthankar Arishtnemi (Neminath)

Mount Kailas

A Jain pilgrimage center in Tibet where Tishabh, the first Tirthakar attained nirvan.

Ang

Ang, also spelled as Anga, means the 12 Jain canonical texts

Anshana

Anshana means fasting

Anant Virya

Anant Virya means infinite spiritual power

Anant Sukh

Anant Sukh means infinite bliss

Anant Jnana

Anant Jnana, also spelled as Anat Gyana, means infinite knowledge

Anant Darshan

Anant Darshan means infinite perception

Amurt

Amurt, also spelled as Amurta, means immaterial substance or non-matter

Amudh

Amudh means free from superstitions and delusory notions

Ajnan

Ajnan, also spelled as agyan, ajnana means lack of knowldge, false knowldge or ignorance

Ajiva

Ajiva means non soul substance, non living being, insentent.

Aghati Karm

Aghati Karm means non obscuring karmas which are the cause of embodiment and surrounding conditions.

Advait

Advait is a vedant philosophy which means non-dual

Adholok

Adho Lok means The Lower World, or hells where infernal beings live

Adharm Dravya

Adharma Dravya means the medium of rest, or anti-ether substance.

Adharm

Adharm means a sinful act, vice or irreligion

Abramha

Abramha means incontinence, coition, unchastity

Abhishek

Abhishek means anointing ceremony.

Abhavya

Abhavya person is he/she who is incapable to attain liberation, i.e. an incapable soul.

Munisuvrat

Munisuvrat was the 20th Jain Tirthankar.

Mallinath

Mallinath was nineteenth Jain Teerthankar.

Arahnath

Arahnath was Eighteenth Jain Teerthankar and also a Chakravarti.

Kunthunath

Kunthunath was seventeenth Jain Teerthankar and also a Chakravarti.

Shantinath

Shantinath was sixteenth Jain Teerthankar and also a Chakravarti.

Dharmnath

Dharmnath was the fifteenth Jain Teerthankar.

Anantnath

Anantnath was the fourteenth Jain Teerthankar.

Vimalnath

Vimalnath was the thirteenth Jain Teerthankar.

Vasupujya

Vasupujya was twelth Jain Teerthankar.

Shreyansnath

Shreyansnath was the eleventh Jain Teerthankar.

Sheetalnath

Sheetalnath was the tenth Jain Teerthankar

Pushpadant

Pushpdant was the ninth Jain Teerthankar

Chandraprabh

Chandraprabh was the eighth Jain Teerthankar

Suparshva

Supasrshva was the sevent Jain Teerthankar

Padmaprabha

Padmaprabha was the sixth Jain Teerthankar.

Sumatinath

Sumati, also known as Sumatinatha, was the fifth Jain teerthankar.

Abhinandan

Abhinandan was the foruth Jain Tirthankar.

Sambhav

Sambhav, also known as Sambhavnath, was the 3rd Jain Teerthankar.

Ajit

Ajit, also known as Ajithnath, was the 2nd Jain Teerthankar

Friday

Sarvarth

Sarvarth was paternal Grand Father of Mahavir, the last Jain Tirthankara

Basadi

Basadi is a Kannada word for Jain temple.

Nigantha Nataputta

Nigantha Nataputta is name for Mahavir, the last Jain Tirhanksr in Buddhist literature.

Wednesday

Chandragupta Mourya

Chandragupta Mourya was founder of Mouryan dynasty. He defeated Emperor Nanda. He borned in 340 BCE and ruled between 320 BCE to 298 BCE.

He became a Jain monk after giving his kingdom to his son Bindusar and migrated to Souht India with his Guru Bhadrabahu.

He died at Shravanbelagola by fasting.

Indrabhuti Goutam

Indrabhuti Goutam was a vedic scholar, who became a disciple of Mahavir and propagated hist teachings.

Marudevi

Marudevi was mother of Rishabh, the first Jain Tirthankar.

Nabhiraj

Nabhiraj was father of Rishabh, the first Jain Tirthankar.

Chandana

Chandana, also known as Chandanbala, was the first nun of the Sangh of Mahavir. She was the first person to offer food to Mahavir when he came in town after 12 years in jungle in search of knowledge.

Chelana

Chelana was wife of Shrenik Bimbisar and sister of Trishala.

Siddharth

Siddharth was father of Mahavir, the last Jain Tirthankar. He was a king member of Vajji Democratic Union.

Trishala

Trishala was mother of Mahavir, the last Jain Tirthankar. She belonged to Lichchhavi clan of Vaishali and married to Siddharth of Nat clan.

Shrenik Bimbisar

Shrenik was the emperor of Magadh and chief disciple of Mahavir, the last Jain Tirthankar.

He belonged to Shishunag dynasty.

Mahavir

Mahavir, also known as Vardhman was the last (24th) Jain Tirthankar. He was born at Vaishali in Bihar. He was son of Trishala and Siddharth.

Parshwanath

Parshwanath was 23rd Jain Tirthankar. He existed 250 years befor Mahavir, the last Tirthankar.

Parshwanath belonged to Nagvansh, i.e. the mangoloid people.

He attained nirvan at Parasnath Hills (Shri Sammed Shikharji) in Jharkhand.

Arishtnemi

Arishtnemi, also known as Neminath was 22nd Jain Teerthankar. He was younger cousin of Shri Krishna.

Arshtnemi belonged to Yadav Clan of Shouripur. He attained Nirvan at Girnar hills in Gujarat.

Bahubali

Bahubali was a son of Rishabh, the first teerthankar of Jainism. He was younger brother of Chakravarti Bharat.

Bharat won all the kingdoms except the kingdom of Bahubali. Bahubali defeated Bharat and then gave his kingdom to Bharat.

Bahubali attained Nirvana by

Jainism

Jainism is a major Indian philosophy, preached by 24 Jain teerthankars.

Jain

1. A follower of Jainism is called as a Jain

2. Name of an ancient Indian Religion

Chakravarti

Chakravarti means a mythical emperor. According to Jain mythology, there were 12 Chakravartis, as following:

1. Bharat

2. Sagar

3. Maghava

4. Sanatkumar

5. Shanti

6. Kunthu

7. Arah

8. Subhoum

9. Padm

10. Harishen

11. Jaysen

12. Bramhdatt

Kshatriya

According to Jain mythology, Rishabh, the first tirthakar founded three classes namely Kshatriya, Vaishya and Shudra.

Kshatriya is a warrior class.

All the Jain Tirthankars were from Kshatriya families.

Bharat

Bharat was the eldest son of Rishabh, the first Jain Tirthankar. He became a Chakravarti (Mythical Emperor) by defeating all other kingdoms.

India was named as Bhaarat after Chakravarti Bharat. Reference to this fact is seen in major Hindu purans and Jain texts.

Rishabh

Rishabh, also spelled as Rushabh, was the first Teerthankar of Jainism. Reference to Rishabh are found in Rigved and many Hindu Purans.

Rishabh was the first man who taught people about cultivation, self defence and the art of writing.

Rishabh was son of Nabhiraj and Marudevi.

Rishabh had 100 sons and two daughters. The most famous sons were Bharat and Bahubali. The daughters were Bramhi and Sundari.

Rishabh was the ancestor of all Kshatriyas according to various Hindu Purans.

Rishabh is known also as Adinath, Rishabh Nath, Rishbhadev and a plenty of other names.