Tirthankara Bhagwan: -

The Tirthankars are also called Arihantas.  Arihanta means destroyer of enemies. 

Here the enemy means the enemies of the soul. These are internal enemies 

and are defined as the passion of anger ,ego, greed, and deceit ( Krodh, maan, maya, lobh). 

A soul can only reach the state of Arihanta by overcoming all its inner enemies . 

A person When destroys all the four ghati karmas means they are totally

 detached from all worldly aspects and then he becomes an Arihant and attains the 

perfect knowledge, vision, power, and bliss. He is omniscient of the past, present 

and future forms of all entities. They preach the religion principles, philosophy

 of life and the path of liberation. At the end of human life after shedding the

 remain four aghati karmas they attain complete liberation and become Arhihants also

 called Tirthankaras.

 


          Arihantas have two categories:
 

 Tirthankara

  kevali (ordinary)

 Arihantas are those who have attained Tirthankar Näm Karma while the rest of them

are called Ordinary kevali Arihants. The ordinary kevalies after attaining

salvation, they are called Siddhas.

 
In the life of a Tirthankar the five Kalyanaks are celebrated. These are

as follows: -

Garbh Kalyanak

 Janam Kalyanak

Tap Kalyanak

 Nirvaan Kalyanak

Twenty-four Tirthankaras are born during this descending part of the time cycle 

(Avasarpini Kaal) of this region (Bharat Kshetra) which are listed below 

along with their symbol: -

SN	Name	Symbole
01	RishabNath j	Bull
02	Ajit Nath ji	Elephant
03	Sambhava Nath ji	Horse
04	Abhinandan Nath ji	Monkey
05	Sumiti Nath ji	Curlew-CHAKVA
06	Padam Prabhu ji	Lotus
07	Suparshva Nath ji	Swastik
08	Chandra Prabhu ji	Moon
09-	Pushp Danta ji	Crocodile
10	Shital Nath ji	Kalp Vraksh
11	Shreyansh Nathji	Rhino
12	Vashu Pujya ji	Buffalo
13	Vimal Nath ji	Bear
14	Anant Nath ji	SEHI
15	Dharm Nath ji	Vajra-dand
16	Shanti Nath ji	Deer
17	Kunthu Nath ji	He goat
18	Arah Nath j	Fish
19	Malli Nath ji	Kumbh
20	Muni Suvarta	Tortoise
21	Nami Nath ji	Blue Lotus
22	Nemi Nath ji	Conch-shank
23	Parshva Nath ji	Snake
24	Mahavir Ji	lion

 
Jains do not ask for any favor or material benefits from their Gods, 

the Tirthankars or even from monks and nuns. It is considered auspicious 

to remember the names of all the Tirthankars and worship them.

                                                                       The End.

Note:-The words shown in Italic are from Prakrit Language.

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