In Jainism, all 24 Tirthankaras ultimately become siddha (liberated souls) and completely end the cycle of birth and death. After moksha, they do not return to take birth again, so in the strict spiritual sense they do not have “descendants” continuing from them after liberation.

However, in their worldly life before renunciation, many Tirthankaras did have families and children. Those children can be called their descendants only in a vyavahār (worldly/social) sense, not in a spiritual/lineage sense.

Some key points:

1. Tirthankaras are not “gotra‑founders” in Jainism

- We do not trace any present human lineage or caste directly and historically to a Tirthankara as “their descendants.” - Any such claim is considered only social talk, not based solidly on Jain śāstras.

1. Examples of known children (before renunciation)

- R̥ṣabhadeva (Ādināth) had many sons and daughters, such as Bharata, Bahubali, Pundarik, Brahmi, Sundari, etc. They are his descendants only within that era and those lives. ( jainknowledge.com) - Mahāvīra had a daughter Priyadarśanā (Anojja) from his wife Yaśodā. After age 30, he renounced and later attained keval‑jñān and finally moksha. His line as a saṃsārī householder ends there; we do not follow any further “Mahavira’s bloodline.” ( jainknowledge.com)

1. After becoming Tirthankara / Siddha

- A Tirthankara has no attachment, no family identity. - After death, as a siddha, there is no body, no gender, no family, no further descendants.

So, in summary:

• Yes, many Tirthankaras had children before renunciation, and within that time they had descendants.
• Today we do not speak of any ongoing human family as “descendants of Tirthankaras” in an authentic Jain scriptural sense.
• Spiritually, all bonds of lineage end when they attain liberation.