Rishabhanatha

Rishabhanatha, also Rishabhadeva, Rishabha or Ikshvaku, is the first tirthankara of Jainism. He was the first of twenty-four teachers in the present half-cycle of time in Jain cosmology, and... Wikipedia

  • Other names:  Ādinātha and Ādeśvara (the first conqueror) • Ādarśa Puruṣa (perfect man) • Ikśvaku
  • Symbol:  Bull
  • Height:  500 bows
  • Age:  8.4 million purvas (592.704 x 10 18 years)
  • Tree:  Banyan
  • Color:  Golden
  • Spouse:  Sumangalā, Sunandā
  • Parents:  Kulakara Nabhi (father), Marudevi (mother)
  • Children:  100 sons (including: Chakravarti Bharata, Prince Nami, and Kamadeva Bahubali) • 2 daughters: Mahasati Brāhmī and Mahasati Sundarī Reference
  • Preceded by:  Sampratti (last Tirthankara of the previous time-cycle)
  • Succeeded by:  Ajitanatha
  • Texts:  Ādi purāṇa, Mahāpurāṇa, Bhaktamara Stotra
  • Festivals:  Akshaya Tritiya
  • Born:  Ayodhya
  • Moksha:  Asthapada
  • Data source:  DuckDuckGo