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According to the Jain cosmology, the
Śalākāpuruṣa (Sanskrit: शलाकापुरुष) "illustrious or
worthy persons" are 63
illustrious beings who
appear during each...
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illustrious beings called śalākāpuruṣas that are said to
grace every half
cycle of time.
According to Jain cosmology,
śalākāpuruṣa are born on this earth...
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Krishna Matha Vithoba Temple,
Pandarpur The
Jainism tradition lists 63
Śalākāpuruṣa or
notable figures which,
amongst others,
includes the twenty-four Tirthankaras...
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Texts also
mentioned Rama as the
eighth balabhadra among the 63
salakapurusas. In Sikhism, Rama is
mentioned as one of twenty-four
divine avatars...
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Lakshmana (Sanskrit: लक्ष्मण, lit. 'the
fortunate one', IAST: Lakṣmaṇa), also
known as Laxmana, Lakhan, Saumitra, and Ramanuja, is the
younger brother...
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Ravana is a demon-king of the
island of
Lanka and the
chief antagonist in the
Hindu epic Ramayana. In the Ramayana,
Ravana is
described as the
eldest son...
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During the each
motion of the half-cycle of the
wheel of time, 63
Salakapurusa or 63
illustrious men,
consisting of the 12
Chakravartin regularly appear...
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Parashurama (Sanskrit: परशुराम, romanized: Paraśurāma, lit. 'Rama with an axe'), also
referred to as Rama Jamadagnya, Rama
Bhargava and Virarama, is the...
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hagiographical accounts of nine
Baladevas or
Balabhadras who are
believed to be
śalākāpuruṣas (literally torch-bearers,
great personalities).
Balarama was the ninth...
- Jain
scriptures as one of sixty-three
illustrious persons,
known as
Salakapurusa.
Among these,
there are nine sets of Balabhadra,
Vasudeva and Prati-Vasudeva...
