Prati Narayan ki sankhya 24 hoti hai. Jain dharm mein kul 24 Tirthankar hote hain (Adinath/Rishabhanatha se le kar Mahavira tak). विशिष्ट परंपराओं (Digambar ya Shwetambar) mein is baat ki vyakhya thodi alag ho sakti hai, lekin mool sankhya 24 hi mani jaati hai.