Mother of Lord Mahavir, Queen Trishala, one midnight saw, 16 Beautiful and
Auspicious Dreams.
 

An elephant...	auspiciously white, signifying that her son will steer the spiritual chariot and will be saviour of humans from misery and greed.
A Bull...	glowing and radiating white, indicating that he will be a spiritual leader of Kings and Ascetics.
A Lion...	magnificently red, suggesting him to be powerful and strong to rule the world.
Goddess Laxmi...	the goddess of wealth, signifying that her son will attain wealth, power and prosperity.
Garland of flowers...	of mixed celestial fragrances, implying that his preaching will spread over entire universe.
Full Moon...	in its full glory, symbolizing that he will bepleasing to all living beings in the universe.
Sun...	destroying darkness, embodying that hispreaching will destroy anger, greed, ego, lust from lives of people.
Large Flag...	fluttering auspiciously, indicating that he will bea great leader of his family.
Silver Urn...	filled with crystal clear water, personifying he will be perfect in all virtues.
Lotus Lake...	denoting that he will liberate human beings from tangled cycle of birth, death and misery.
Milky Sea...	rising to great heights, implying that he will navigate life to Moksha.
Celestial Air Plane...	embellished with gold and gems, signifying that he will be respected in the heavens.
Heap of Gems...	illuminating the sky, suggesting that he will have infinite virtues and wisdom.
Smokeless Fire...	radiating glow, symbolizing that he will excel the wisdom of all great people.
A pair of Fish...	which indicated that her son would be extremely handsom.
Lofty Throne...	which indicated that he would have a high spiritual status.

The Queen woke up after such wonderful dreams to hear from the saints that she
will be the mother of a noble son, after 9 months and 14 days, she delivered a baby
boy named... VARDHAMAAN.... After renunciation and realization of Absolute Self
Knowledge, Prince Vardhamaan became..."LORD MAHAVIR", the 24th Tirthankar !