future chovisi name and their previous birth

In Jain scriptures we do not have a complete, fixed list of:

• all 24 future (ānāgat) Tirthankars (future chovisi), and
• their detailed previous births

for our Bharat kṣetra.

Let’s keep it very clear and simple.

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1. Where are we now in time?

• We are in the avasarpiṇī (descending half-cycle).
• In this half-cycle, all 24 Tirthankars have already come.
• The 24th and last of this chovisi is Bhagwān Mahāvīr.
• After Mahāvīr, no more Tirthankars will come in this same half-cycle in Bharat kṣetra. ✅

So, when people say “future chovisi”, they usually mean:

> The 24 Tirthankars of the next utsarpiṇī (ascending half-cycle), i.e. the next time‑cycle, not our present one.

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2. Do Jain āgams give all 24 future names?

No. Classical Jain cosmology texts (like Tiloya‑paṇṇatti, Triloka‑sāra etc.) explain that:

• In every half-cycle there are 24 Tirthankars.
• This continues endlessly in past and future.
• But they do not give a single, universally accepted, full list of:

- all 24 names of the next chovisi in Bharat, and - their complete previous-birth stories.

So:

• Any long “list of 24 future Tirthankars with full details” that you see is coming from later kathā‑granths, pravachans, or local traditions,

not from the core, common āgam base.

• Therefore, such lists cannot be treated as final, scripturally fixed truth.

You can read a very clear explanation in JainKnowledge here: “Name and story of upcoming 24 Tirthankara or next ara in bharat kshetra”

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3. What is said about some future Tirthankars?

Even though the full 24‑list is not fixed, some names are mentioned in traditions:

(a) First Tirthankar of next chovisi

• Digambar tradition: usually calls the first Tirthankar of the next utsarpiṇī Padmanābh.
• Śvetāmbars sometimes say Mahāpadma.
• Even here, there is not 100% uniformity across all texts.

About his previous birth:

• Many later Jain kathās (especially Śvetāmbars) say:

the soul of Rājā Śreṇik (Bimbisār), contemporary of Mahāvīr, will in future become the first Tirthankar of the next utsarpiṇī.

• This is popular kathā tradition, not clearly stated word‑for‑word in the basic āgams.

So we should accept it with respect but also with understanding: it is a traditional explanation, not a formally fixed āgam list.

(b) Names like Amam and Niṣpulak

Some later lists mention, for the next utsarpiṇī chovisi:

• 12th future Tirthankar – Amam
• 14th future Tirthankar – Niṣpulak

And they connect them with:

• Amam – soul currently known as Śrī Kṛṣṇa (in Jain Rāmāyaṇa-Mahābhārata tradition)
• Niṣpulak – soul currently known as Balabhadra / Balrām

Again:

• These identifications are from later Jain narrative literature and tradition.
• They are not detailed in the main āgams the way our present 24 Tirthankars are described.

JainKnowledge also explains this point in simple form:

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4. So can we write a full list: “Future 24 names + their previous births”?

From the point of view of pure, careful Jain Dharma:

• We cannot honestly give a complete, final, universally accepted list of:

- all 24 future Tirthankars’ names, and - all their previous human births, - the way we can for the present chovisi.

We can only say:

1. Fact (cosmology):

- In the next utsarpiṇī half-cycle, again 24 Tirthankars will definitely come in Bharat.

1. Fact (present cycle):

- Our current chovisi is already complete with Mahāvīr as the 24th; there is no more Tirthankar in this avasarpiṇī.

1. Partial traditional information:

- First of the next 24: often called Padmanābh / Mahāpadma (Digambar / Śvetāmbars). - Some later Jain stories connect Rājā Śreṇik with that future Tirthankar. - Some lists name Amam, Niṣpulak etc. for later positions, and relate them to Kṛṣṇa, Balabhadra, etc. - These are traditional and not uniformly scriptural across all sects.

Because your question is specifically:

> “future chovisi name and their previous birth”

the honest Jain answer is:

• Scriptures do not give a single, fully fixed, detailed 24‑name list with exact previous births for all of them.
• We only have:

- clear cosmological principle (24 will surely come), and - some traditional names and identifications (like Padmanābh/Mahāpadma, Amam, Niṣpulak, etc.), which differ slightly between Digambar and Śvetāmbars and come mainly from later literature.

For a short, clear summary about “upcoming Tirthankar names”, you can also see:

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5. Practical spiritual point

Jain āchāryas always warn:

• Don’t get too attached to speculation about future Tirthankars.
• Use your time to:

- strengthen samyag‑darśan (right faith), - follow ahimsā, satya, brahmacharya, aparigraha, - and study the lives of the 24 Tirthankars who are already fully known.

That is the safe and pure way within Jain Dharma.