Jain Encyclopedia

Acharya Kundkund

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Acharya Kundkund was a great Jain monk of 2nd Century CE who wrote several books on Jain philosophy which are popular till today.

Auspisious Dreams of Trishala

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Queen Trishala had 14 (16 in Digambara Sect) auspicious dreams before giving birth to Vardhaman, signs foretelling the advent of a great soul. These symbols were:

Elephant
Bull
Lion
Laxmi
Garland of Flowers
Full Moon
Sun
Large Flag
Silver Urn
Lotus Lake
Milky Sea
Celestial Airplan
Gems
Smokeless Fire
Dream of a pair of fish (Digambara)
Dream of a throne (Digambara)

Aryabhata

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Aryabhata was a Jain astronomer of Kerala

Pavapuri

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Pavapuri is salvation place of Mahavir, the last Jain Tirthankar

Girnar Hills

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

Mount Kailas

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

Ang

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

Anshana

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Anshana means fasting

Anant Virya

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Anant Virya means infinite spiritual power

Anant Sukh

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Anant Sukh means infinite bliss

Anant Jnana

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

Anant Darshan

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Anant Darshan means infinite perception

Amurt

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

Amudh

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Amudh means free from superstitions and delusory notions

Ajnan

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

Ajiva

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

Aghati Karm

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

Advait

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Advait is a vedant philosophy which means non-dual

Adholok

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

Adharm Dravya

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

Adharm

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Adharm means a sinful act, vice or irreligion

Abramha

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Abramha means incontinence, coition, unchastity

Abhishek

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Abhishek means anointing ceremony.

Abhavya

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

Munisuvrat

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Munisuvrat was the 20th Jain Tirthankar.

Mallinath

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Mallinath was nineteenth Jain Teerthankar.

Arahnath

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Arahnath was Eighteenth Jain Teerthankar and also a Chakravarti.

Kunthunath

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Kunthunath was seventeenth Jain Teerthankar and also a Chakravarti.

Shantinath

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Shantinath was sixteenth Jain Teerthankar and also a Chakravarti.

Dharmnath

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Dharmnath was the fifteenth Jain Teerthankar.

Anantnath

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Anantnath was the fourteenth Jain Teerthankar.

Vimalnath

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Vimalnath was the thirteenth Jain Teerthankar.

Vasupujya

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Vasupujya was twelth Jain Teerthankar.

Shreyansnath

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Shreyansnath was the eleventh Jain Teerthankar.

Sheetalnath

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Sheetalnath was the tenth Jain Teerthankar

Pushpadant

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Pushpdant was the ninth Jain Teerthankar

Chandraprabh

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Chandraprabh was the eighth Jain Teerthankar

Suparshva

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Supasrshva was the sevent Jain Teerthankar

Padmaprabha

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Padmaprabha was the sixth Jain Teerthankar.

Sumatinath

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

Abhinandan

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Abhinandan was the foruth Jain Tirthankar.

Sambhav

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

Ajit

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

Sarvarth

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

Basadi

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Basadi is a Kannada word for Jain temple.

Nigantha Nataputta

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

Chandragupta Mourya

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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

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

Marudevi

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Marudevi was mother of Rishabh, the first Jain Tirthankar.

Nabhiraj

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Nabhiraj was father of Rishabh, the first Jain Tirthankar.

Chandana

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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

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Chelana was wife of Shrenik Bimbisar and sister of Trishala.

Siddharth

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

Trishala

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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

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

He belonged to Shishunag dynasty.

Mahavir

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

Jain

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1. A follower of Jainism is called as a Jain

2. Name of an ancient Indian Religion

Chakravarti

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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

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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

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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

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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.