Marudevi
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Marudevī was the mother of the first Jain Tirthankara, Rishabhanatha and the queen of King Nabhi. According to the Śvetāmbara canon, she was the first person to have attained Moksha in the current Ava
Image of king Nabhi and mother Marudevi in Khajuraho museum, Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh
Nabhi and Marudevi, Kalpasutra, Wellcome Collection, London
An idol of Rishabha with mother Marudevi at Palitana
Auspicious dreams as an ornamentation on cover of 19th-century manuscript
Avasarpiṇī
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Avasarpiṇī is the descending half of the cosmic time cycle in Jainism and the one in which the world is said to be at present. According to Jain texts it is marked by a decline in goodness and religio
Jaina units of time on a logarithmic scale
Jain Cosmic Time Cycle