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Avasarpiṇī (Sanskrit: अवसर्पिणी), is the
descending half of the
cosmic time
cycle in
Jainism and the one in
which the
world is said to be at present. According...
- King
Nabhi or
Nabhi Rai was the 14th or the last
Kulakara of
avasarpini (the
descending half of the
cosmic time
cycle in
Jainism and the one in
which the...
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Ajitanatha (lit. invincible) was the
second tirthankara of the
present age,
avasarpini (half time cycle)
according to Jainism. He was born to king Jitashatru...
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Anantanatha was the
fourteenth Tirthankara of the
present age (
Avasarpini) of Jainism.
According to Jain beliefs, he
became a siddha, a
liberated soul...
- canon, she was the
first person to have
attained Moksha in the
current Avasarpiṇī. The
enlivening of the
embryo through the
descent of the ****ure Tīrthankara's...
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Vimalanatha was the
thirteenth Jain
Tirthankara of the
present age (
Avasarpini).
According to Jain beliefs, he
became a Siddha, a
liberated soul which...
- (Sanskrit: मल्लिनाथः) was the 19th tīrthaṅkara "ford-maker" of the
present avasarpiṇī age in Jainism. Jain
texts indicate Mālliṇātha was born at
Mithila into...
- the twenty-fourth and last
Tirthankara (supreme preacher) of
present Avasarpiṇī. On the
Gregorian calendar, the
holiday occurs either in
March or April...
- is
divided into two halves, Utsarpiṇī, the
ascending time cycle, and
avasarpiṇī, the
descending time
cycle (said to be
current now). In each half of the...
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Abhinandananatha or
Abhinandana Swami was the
fourth Tirthankara of the
present age (
Avasarpini). He is said to have
lived for 50 lakh purva. He was born to King Sanvara...
