wha is the 24 tirhtankaras
In Jain Dharma, there are 24 Tirthankaras (Ford-makers) in each time cycle. For our current time cycle (Avasarpini), their names in order are:
- ऋषभदेव / आदिनाथ – Rishabhdev / Adinath
- अजितनाथ – Ajitnath
- सम्भवनाथ – Sambhavnath
- अभिनन्दननाथ – Abhinandannath
- सुमतिनाथ – Sumatinath
- पद्मप्रभु – Padmaprabhu
- सुपार्श्वनाथ – Suparshvanath
- चन्द्रप्रभु – Chandraprabhu
- सु-विधिनाथ (पुष्पदन्त) – Suvidhinath (Pushpadant)
- शीतलनाथ – Shitalnath
- श्रियांसनाथ – Shreyansnath
- वसुपूज्य – Vasupujya
- विमलनाथ – Vimalnath
- अनंतनाथ – Anantnath
- धर्मनाथ – Dharmanath
- शांतिनाथ – Shantinath
- कुञ्जनंदिन (कुञ्जनाथ / कुन्तुनाथ) – Kunthunath
- अरनाथ – Arnath
- मल्लिनाथ – Mallinath
- मुनिसुव्रत स्वामी – Munisuvrat Swami
- नमिनाथ – Naminath
- नेमिनाथ (अरिष्टनेमि) – Neminath / Arishtanemi
- पार्श्वनाथ – Parshvanath
- महावीर स्वामी – Mahavir Swami (वर्धमान महावीर)
If you like, I can also tell you:
- their symbols (लाञ्छन)
- their parents’ names and birth places
- which were in the current चोविसी near us (like Parshvanath, Mahavir, Neminath, etc.).