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Outlines of Jainism c16: Appendix III

Outlines of Jainism c16

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Appendix III

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SIXTY-THREE GREAT PERSONS (*ŚALĀKĀ-PURUSHA*), ETC.

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The names of the twenty-four Tīrthaṅkaras have been already given under Theology (Table to p. 6).

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The twelve Chakra-vartins are:

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1. Bharata ; 7. Ara(ha)-nātha ;
2. Sagara ; 8. Su-bhauma ;
3. Maghavan ; 9. Padma-nābha ;
4. Sanat-kumāra ; 10. Hari-sheṇa ;
5. Śānti-nātha ; 11. Jaya-sena ;
6. Kunthu-nātha ; 12. Brahma-datta.

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The nine Nārāyaṇas (Vāsu-devas) are:

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1. Tri-pushṭa (*or* prishṭha) ; 6. Puṇḍarīka ;
2. Dvi-pushṭa (*or* prishṭha) ; 7. Datta-deva ;
3. Svayaṃ-bhū ; 8. Lakshmaṇa ;
4. Purushottama ; 9. Kṛishṇa.
5. Nara (Purusha)-siṃha ;

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The nine Prati-Nārāyaṇas (Vāsu-devas) are:

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1. Aśva-grīva ; 6. Prahlāda ;
2. Tāraka ; 7. Bali ;
3. Naraka ; 8. Rāvaṇa ;
4. Niśumbha ; 9. Jarā-sandha.
5. Madhu-kaiṭabha ;

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The nine Bala-bhadras (Bala-devas) are:

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1. Vijaya ; 6. Nandi (Ānanda) ;
2. Achala ; 7. Nandi-mitra
3. Dharma-prabha (Bhadra) ; (Nandana) ;
4. Su-prabha ; 8. Rāma-chandra ;
5. Su-darśana ; 9. Padma.

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The above are the sixty-three Śalākā-purushas.

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Further may be mentioned—

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The nine Nāradas :

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1. Bhīma ;
2. Mahā-bhīma ;
3. Rudra ;
4. Mahā-rudra ;
5. Kāla ;
6. Mahā-kāla ;
7. Dur-mukha ;
8. Naraka-mukha ;
9. Adho-mukha.

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The eleven Rudras :

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1. Bhima-bali ;
2. Jita-śatru ;
3. Rudra ;
4. Viśvānala ;
5. Su-pratiṣṭha ;
6. Achala ;
7. Puṇḍarīka ;
8. Ajita-dhara ;
9. Jita-nābhi ;
10. Pīṭha ;
11. Sātyaki.

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The twenty-four Kāma-devas :

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1. Bāhu-bali ;
2. Prajā-pati ;
3. Śrī-dhara ;
4. Darśana-bhadra ;
5. Prasena-chandra ;
6. Chandra-varṇa ;
7. Agni-yukta ;
8. Sanat-kumāra ;
9. Vatsa-rāja ;
10. Kanaka-prabha ;
11. Megha-prabha ;
12. Śānti-nātha ;
13. Kunthu-nātha ;
14. Araha-nātha ;
15. Vijaya-rāja ;
16. Śrī-chandra ;
17. Nala-rāja ;
18. Hanumant ;
19. Bali-rāja ;
20. Vāsu-deva ;
21. Pradyumna ;
22. Nāga-kumāra ;
23. Jivan-dhara ;
24. Jambū-svāmī.

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Twenty-four Fathers and twenty-four Mothers of the Tīrthaṅkaras are given under Theology (Table).

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The fourteen Kula-karas :

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1. Prati-svāti ;
2. Saṃmati ;
3. Kṣemaṃ-kara ;
4. Kṣemaṃ-dhara ;
5. Sīmaṃ-kara ;
6. Sīmaṃ-dhara ;
7. Vimala-vāhana ;

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8. Chakṣuṣmant ;
9. Yaśasvin ;
10. Abhichandra ;
11. Chandrābha ;
12. Maru-deva ;
13. Prasena-chandra ;
14. Nābhi-narendra.

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[Note.—For most of the statements in Appendixes II and III authority will be found in Professor Jacobi's *Eine Jaina-Dogmatik* (see Bibliographical Note above), in Colebrooke's two essays on the Jains in his *Collected Essays* (ed. Cowell, London, 1873); also (for II) in the *Saṃghayaṇī* of Hari-bhadra Sūri (in *Laghu-prakaraṇa-saṃgraha*, Bombay, 1876) and the *Lokanāla-dvātriṃśikā* (in *Prakaraṇa-ratnakara* II, Bombay, 1876); and (for III) in the *Uttara-purāṇa* of Guṇa-bhadra Āchārya, and in Hemachandra's *Abhidhāna-chintāmaṇi*.]

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