[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.1519 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1519 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1519 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1519](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1519) RISHABHA. Son of Nābhi and Meru, and father of a hundred sons, the eldest of whom was Bharata. He gave his kingdom to his son and retired to a hermitage, where he led a life of such severe austerity and abstinence, that he became a mere “collection of skin and fibres, and went the way of all flesh.” The Bhāgavata Purāna speaks of his wanderings in the western part of the Peninsula, and connects him with the establishment of the Jain religion in those parts. The name of the first Jain Tirthakara or saint was Rishabha. - [Previous: c5.1518](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1518) - [Next: c5.1520](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1520) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Linked texts (1) - [Bhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1519](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1519) · Pramāṇa