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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...
- the twenty-fourth and last Tīrthaṅkara (supreme preacher) of
present Avasarpiṇī. On the
Gregorian calendar, the
festivity occurs either in
March or April...
- 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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Anantanatha was the
fourteenth Tirthankara of the
present age (
Avasarpini) of Jainism.
According to Jain beliefs, he
became a siddha, a
liberated soul...
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known as Suvidhinatha, was the
ninth Tirthankara of the
present age (
Avasarpini).
According to Jain belief, he
became a
siddha and an arihant, a liberated...
- 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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Tirthankaras have
appeared on earth;
Mahavira is the last
tirthankara of
Avasarpiṇī (the
present time cycle). A
tirthankara (ford-maker,
saviour or spiritual...
- अरिष्टनेमि), is the twenty-second
tirthankara of
Jainism in the
present age (
Avasarpini).
Neminath lived 84,000
years before the 23rd
Tirthankar Parshvanath....
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jasmine or seat') was the 19th tīrthaṅkara "ford-maker" of the
present avasarpiṇī age in Jainism. Jain
texts indicate Mālliṇātha was born at
Mithila into...
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third Jain
tirthankara (omniscient
teaching god) of the
present age (
Avasarpini).
Sambhavanatha was born to King
Jitari and
Queen Susena at Shravasti...
