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The 24 Jain Tirthankaras

The names of the 24 Tirthankaras of Jain tradition, with the passages of Jacobi’s translation of the Kalpa Sutra that name them.

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The 24 Tirthankaras

Sambhava

Tirthankara number 3

Sumati

Padmaprabha

Tirthankara number 6

Suparsva

Tirthankara number 7

Chandraprabha

Tirthankara number 8

Suvidhi, surnamed Pushpadanta

Tirthankara number 9

Sreyamsa

Vasupujya

Tirthankara number 12

Dharma

Santi

Tirthankara number 16

Kunthu

Tirthankara number 17

Ara

Malli

Tirthankara number 19

Munisuvrata

Tirthankara number 20

Nami

Tirthankara number 21

Parsva

Tirthankara number 23

Sources

  1. Jacobi (tr.), Kalpa Sutra, in Gaina Sutras Part I, Sacred Books of the East vol. 22 (Oxford, 1884) ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  2. Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries (local copy sources/cologne/mw.txt) ↗ (opens in a new tab)

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