Showing posts with label chakravarti. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chakravarti. Show all posts

Saturday

Arahnath

Arahnath was Eighteenth Jain Teerthankar and also a Chakravarti.

Shantinath

Shantinath was sixteenth Jain Teerthankar and also a Chakravarti.

Wednesday

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

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.