Temples & Legends Of Bihar |
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Temples & Legends
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PARASNATH |
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Parasnath Hill
is Jerusalem to the Jains as, besides Mahavira, the following 20 Tirthankaras or
Tirthankaras or pathfinders had attained Nirvana at this hill. Their gradation is shown
within brackets: Ajita (second)
Samhavanatha (third)
Abhinandana (fourth)
Sumatinatha (fifth)
Padma Prabhu (sixth)
Suparsvanatha (seventh
Chandra Prabhu (eighth)
Suvidhinatha or (ninth)
Pushpadanta
Sitalanatha (tenth)
Shreyanshanatha (eleventh)
Vimalanatha (thirteenth)
Anantanatha (fourteenth)
Dharmanatha (fifteenth)
Shantinatha (sixteenth)
Kunthunatha (seventeenth)
Arahnatha (eighteenth)
Munisuvrata (twentieth)
Naminatha (twenty-first)
and Parsvanatha (twenty-third) |
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