Among the Tirthankaras of the next cosmic age, the twelfth Tirthankara will be born as Amam, the fourteenth Tirthankara will be born as Nishpulak, and where are Amam and Nishpulak now?

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Among the Tirthankaras of the next cosmic age, the twelfth Tirthankara will be born as Amam, the fourteenth Tirthankara will be born as Nishpulak, and where are Amam and Nishpulak now?

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In Jain cosmology, the next 24 Tirthankaras (utsarpini age) include Amam and Nishpulak. According to traditional lists,:

Amam (the 12th of the next 24) will be born as Krishna.
Nishpulak (the 14th of the next 24) will be born as Balbhadra, also known as Balrama, Krishna’s brother.

So, in the present cycle they have not yet taken birth; they are future Tirthankaras in the ascending half-cycle. The names and their future identities are preserved in Jain traditions, with slight spelling variations between Digambar and Shwetambar manuscripts, but the core mapping (Amam → Krishna; Nishpulak → Balbhadra/Balrama) remains consistent. You can read more here

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Among the Tirthankaras of the next cosmic age, the twelfth Tirthankara will be born as Amam, the fourteenth Tirthankara will be born as Nishpulak, and where are Amam and Nishpulak now?