Aap jo riddle puch rahe hain, uska sabse pramukh jawab Jain dharm ki paramparā me bhinn-bhinn Tirthankar ke prateek (symbol) se juda hota hai. Aksar kahaniyon me unke janm ke samay mata ki sapnon ya aashayein bhi unke prateek se milti julti hoti hain. Yahan kuch mukhya prateek hain jo bahut lokpriya hain:

• Rishabhanath (Adinath): bull (bali)
• Ajitnath: elephant
• Sambhavanath: horse
• Abhinandan: monkey
• Abhinandananath: rooster
• Padmaprabha: lotos (phaag)
• Suparshvanath: a goose (hans)
• Chandraprabha: moon
• Mahavira: lion

Aapne bola ki “ek teerthankar ka prateek hai aur teerthankar ki mata ke sapne me bhi aata hai.” Is tarah ki kahaniyon me kai teerthankar ki mata ke sapne me unka prateek aata hai, par aam taur par sabse prasid prateek Mahavira ka lion mana jata hai, aur kai kahaaniyon me Rishabhanath ya anya teerthankaro ki mukhya nishaniyon ke roop me bhi sapnon ki kahaniyan milti hain.

Agar aap batayen ki aap kis teerthankar ki baat kar rahe hain (jaise Mahavira, Rishabhanath, ya koi doosra), to main us teerthankar ke prateek ki sahi arth aur Digambar/Shwetambar dono paramparāon ke antar ko spasht roop se samjha kar aapko sahi artha de sakta hoon.