It is known as the land of Vishnu, Jain
Tirthankaras, and Sufi saint Hazrat Ata Hussain Fani.
The Jain
Tirthankaras including Lord Mahavir have walked on the path of Diksha, not to conquer the world but to conquer themselves.
This business firm of Tarun Textiles was started by blessings sought by founder's mother Sugani Devi (wife of Jes Raj Ji Baid of Bikaner) from Adhistat Dev Madhuban Bhomia Ji Maharaj of Paras Nath Hills in Bihar (now Jharkhand) where 20
Tirthankaras (T.T.) of Jains got Nirvana.
Chapter V describes the archetypal life of Mahavira and other
Tirthankaras with several illustrations.
Heavy-hipped women and sinuous men with lotuses in their fingers, Buddhas in repose, naked
Tirthankaras, tree spirits and underwater nymphs, yakshas and demons, some prostrate, some upright, others on their sides.
(4) These early leaders, called
tirthankaras, preached the core values of aparigraha (non-attachment), asteya (non-stealing), satya (truth), and, most importantly, ahimsa.
As William Dalrymple puts it, the
Tirthankaras one sees "in [Jain] temples represent not so much a divine presence as a profound divine absence." (1) However, this essay will be developed with Western monotheism in mind.
Which religion was revived by 24 enlightened leaders called
Tirthankaras? Horatio Nelson; 16.
These studies include the Southern Digambara Dvadasika and Nandisvaradvipastuti, which contain early lists of the places the twenty-four
Tirthankaras attained nirvana; Aryanandila's Vairotyadevistava, a hymn to an early Jain goddess; Kumudacandra's Cikura Dvatrimsika to the first Jina Adinatha; Sagaracandra's hymn to all twenty-four Jinas, the Caturvimsati Jinastava; a hymn to the Jina, Vitaragastuti, by an unnamed disciple of Jaitrasuri; and Samayasundara's description of Valinaha, a local protector deity on Mount Abu.
The central niche originally held an image of one of the sacred
Tirthankaras. The most important gods are situated closest to the vertical axis of the shrine and they are larger.
Among them were Lao Tsu, Confucius, Buddha, the Jain
Tirthankaras, Jesus Christ, St.