We are told there are 3 type of chovisi . One past chovisi , one current chovisi and one future coming chovisi . Can I know the details in full on this . Elaborate with list of tirthankara list in all if possible
Yes. In Jain cosmology, “Chovisi” means the set of 24 Tirthankaras in a given time-cycle.
Important point first
There are not only 3 Chovisis in total. Rather, in the time-cycle of Bharat Kshetra, there are:- Past Chovisi — the 24 Tirthankaras of the previous half-cycle
- Current Chovisi — the 24 Tirthankaras of the present half-cycle
- Future Chovisi — the 24 Tirthankaras of the next half-cycle
So in Jain belief, every half-cycle of time has one Chovisi of 24 Tirthankaras.
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1) Current Chovisi
This is the present Chovisi of the current Avasarpini Kaal.24 Tirthankaras of the current Chovisi
- Rishabhdev
- Ajitnath
- Sambhavnath
- Abhinandannath
- Sumatinath
- Padmaprabhu
- Suparshvanath
- Chandraprabhu
- Pushpadanta / Suvidhinath
- Shitalnath
- Shreyansnath
- Vasupujya
- Vimalnath
- Anantanath
- Dharmanath
- Shantinath
- Kunthunath
- Aranath
- Mallinath
- Munisuvrat
- Naminath
- Neminath
- Parshvanath
- Mahavir Swami
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2) Past Chovisi
The past Chovisi means the 24 Tirthankaras of the previous Avasarpini cycle in Bharat Kshetra.Traditional understanding
In Jain cosmology, the names of the 24 Tirthankaras repeat in each Chovisi. So the past Chovisi also has the same 24 names, but they were different souls who attained Tirthankar status in that earlier cycle.Past Chovisi list
- Rishabhdev
- Ajitnath
- Sambhavnath
- Abhinandannath
- Sumatinath
- Padmaprabhu
- Suparshvanath
- Chandraprabhu
- Pushpadanta / Suvidhinath
- Shitalnath
- Shreyansnath
- Vasupujya
- Vimalnath
- Anantanath
- Dharmanath
- Shantinath
- Kunthunath
- Aranath
- Mallinath
- Munisuvrat
- Naminath
- Neminath
- Parshvanath
- Mahavir Swami
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3) Future Chovisi
The future Chovisi is the 24 Tirthankaras who will appear in the next Utsarpini cycle.Again, the same 24 names are traditionally given, though they will be future souls who become Tirthankaras.
Future Chovisi list
- Rishabhdev
- Ajitnath
- Sambhavnath
- Abhinandannath
- Sumatinath
- Padmaprabhu
- Suparshvanath
- Chandraprabhu
- Pushpadanta / Suvidhinath
- Shitalnath
- Shreyansnath
- Vasupujya
- Vimalnath
- Anantanath
- Dharmanath
- Shantinath
- Kunthunath
- Aranath
- Mallinath
- Munisuvrat
- Naminath
- Neminath
- Parshvanath
- Mahavir Swami
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Key Jain principle behind this
In Jain belief:- Time is cyclical
- It has two halves:
- In each half-cycle, there are 24 Tirthankaras
- So the Chovisi repeats in every cycle
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A few important clarifications
1) Are the names always the same?
Yes, in the traditional Jain view, the names of the 24 Tirthankaras remain the same in each Chovisi.2) Are they the same individual souls?
No. The names are the same, but the souls are different in different cycles, except in traditional belief some special beings are linked through repeated spiritual identity in a broad cosmic sense. But for practical devotion, we refer to the same 24 names across cycles.3) Which Chovisi do most Jains recite?
Usually, devotees recite the current Chovisi, especially the names of the 24 present Tirthankaras.---
Simple summary
- Past Chovisi = 24 Tirthankaras of the previous time cycle
- Current Chovisi = 24 Tirthankaras of the present time cycle
- Future Chovisi = 24 Tirthankaras of the next time cycle
- In Jain tradition, the same 24 names are used for each Chovisi
If you want, I can also give this in a clean table format or in Gujarati/Sanskrit/Prakrit style names.