24 tirthankar question and answer
Here are 24 Tirthankars in question-and-answer form, in a simple Jain style:
- Q: How many Tirthankars are there in Jain Dharma?
A: There are 24 Tirthankars in each time cycle.
- Q: Who is the first Tirthankar?
A: Lord Rishabhdev.
- Q: Who is the second Tirthankar?
A: Ajitnath.
- Q: Who is the third Tirthankar?
A: Sambhavnath.
- Q: Who is the fourth Tirthankar?
A: Abhinandan Swami.
- Q: Who is the fifth Tirthankar?
A: Sumatinath.
- Q: Who is the sixth Tirthankar?
A: Padmaprabhu.
- Q: Who is the seventh Tirthankar?
A: Suparshvanath.
- Q: Who is the eighth Tirthankar?
A: Chandraprabhu.
- Q: Who is the ninth Tirthankar?
A: Pushpadanta or Suvidhinath.
- Q: Who is the tenth Tirthankar?
A: Shitalnath.
- Q: Who is the eleventh Tirthankar?
A: Shreyanshnath.
- Q: Who is the twelfth Tirthankar?
A: Vasupujya.
- Q: Who is the thirteenth Tirthankar?
A: Vimalnath.
- Q: Who is the fourteenth Tirthankar?
A: Anantnath.
- Q: Who is the fifteenth Tirthankar?
A: Dharmanath.
- Q: Who is the sixteenth Tirthankar?
A: Shantinath.
- Q: Who is the seventeenth Tirthankar?
A: Kunthunath.
- Q: Who is the eighteenth Tirthankar?
A: Aranath.
- Q: Who is the nineteenth Tirthankar?
A: Mallinath.
- Q: Who is the twentieth Tirthankar?
A: Munisuvrat Swami.
- Q: Who is the twenty-first Tirthankar?
A: Naminath.
- Q: Who is the twenty-second Tirthankar?
A: Neminath.
- Q: Who is the twenty-third and twenty-fourth Tirthankar?
A: Parshvanath is the 23rd Tirthankar, and Mahavir Swami is the 24th Tirthankar.
Short summary
The 24 Tirthankars are the spiritual teachers who showed the path of Ahimsa, Truth, Non-attachment, and Liberation in Jain Dharma.If you want, I can also make this into:
- easy school-style Q&A
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