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in the previous kaal like in past utsarpini ,so you have list of chakravarti in which rushab dev bhagvan was also one of the chakravarti
In Jain tradition, Bhagwan Rishabhdev (Adinath) is not counted as a Chakravarti.
- Rishabhdev Bhagwan is the 1st Tirthankar of the current Avasarpini (descending half‑cycle).
- His son Bharata is the first Chakravarti of this Avasarpini.
- In every half‑cycle (Avasarpini and Utsarpini), there are 12 Chakravartis, but they are different from Tirthankars.
- Some Tirthankars (like Shantinath, Kunthunath, Aranath) were Chakravarti before taking diksha and becoming Tirthankars – but Rishabhdev himself is not listed among the 12 Chakravartis in either Digambar or Shwetambar tradition.
About past Utsarpini (previous ascending cycles):
- The pattern is the same in every Utsarpini and Avasarpini: 24 Tirthankars, 12 Chakravartis, 9 Vasudev, 9 Baldev, 9 Prativasudev.
- Names of those earlier Utsarpini Chakravartis are generally not given in detail in our commonly studied scriptures; what is important is the fixed structure of time, not that Rishabhdev was once a Chakravarti.
So, according to both Digambar and Shwetambar understanding:
- Rishabhdev = Tirthankar, Yugadidev, not Chakravarti.
- Bharat Chakravarti (his son) is the famous Chakravarti of our current time‑cycle.
For more on Chakravartis and the 63 Shalaka Purushas you can read here:
