Jain dharm ke anusaar:

1. Samay hamesh chakravat ghoomta hai

- Ek “kāl‑chakra” hota hai, jisme do aadhe hote hain: - Utsarpiṇī (dhire‑dhire unnati wala aadha) - Avasarpiṇī (dhire‑dhire girāvat wala aadha) - Har aadhe chakr (har Utsarpiṇī aur har Avasarpiṇī) me fix 24 Tirthankar hote hain. - Isliye har “kāl” / har half‑cycle me keval 24 hi Tirthankar: na 23, na 25.

1. Yeh sankhya 24 man‑banai hui nahīn hai

- Jain āgamo me batāyā gayā hai ki niyamit, shāshvat niyam ke anusār, sirf 24 jivoṅ ke Tirthankar‑nāma‑karma ka phal har half‑cycle me pakta hai. - Jo atiyant vishesh punya, tyāg aur karuṇā wale jeev hote hain, wahi Tirthankar bante hain. - Is prakritik niyam ke kāran har aadhe samay‑chakra me 24 hi Tirthankar aate hain.

1. Teen kāl ki bhāvnā me 24 Tirthankar

- Jo hum kehte hain: - Bhoot (pichhlā samay) - Vartamān (ab jo chal rahā hai) - Bhavishya (āne wālā samay) - Har aise kaal‑chakra ke aadhe bhaag me 24 Tirthankar hote hi hote hain. - Hamāre vartamān Avasarpiṇī me Bhagwān Mahāvīr 24veṁ aur antim Tirthankar ho chuke hain. Ab is Avasarpiṇī me aur koi Tirthankar nahi aayega; agle Utsarpiṇī me phir se 24 ka naya “set” aayegā.

1. Digambar aur Shvetāmbār – dono ka mat

- Dono paramparāeṁ is bāt par pūri tarah sehmat hain ki: - Har Utsarpiṇī aur har Avasarpiṇī me 24 Tirthankar hote hain. - Fark sirf kuch itihaasik vivarano me (jaise Mallināth ka ling, mā‑bāp ke naam, ityādi), sankhya 24 par koi fark nahīn.

Sār: Jain shāstron ke sthir niyam ke anusār, samay ke har aadhe chakr me keval 24 Tirthankar hi janm lete hain. Isliye pichhle, vartamān aur āne‑wale sabhi kāloñ (cycles) me 24‑24 Tirthankar hī hote rahenge.

Is vishay par ek saral lekh yahan mil sakta hai: “Why exactly 24 Tirthankar in each kaal”