Shantinatha
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Śāntinātha or Śānti is the sixteenth tīrthaṅkara of Jainism in the present age. According to Jain beliefs, he was one of the three tirthankaras to have also held the status of a Chakravarti and a Kama
A 12th century Jain idol of Tirthankara Shantinatha at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya
King Megharath, one of the Shantinatha previous incarnation, saving pigeons life by sacrificing his own limbs
King Dharma Mitra offering first meal to tirthankara Shantinatha, 19th century (Digambara Tradition)
Miniature painting of Shantinatha surrounded by ascetics, devotees and animals, 18th century
Tirthankara
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In Jainism, a Tirthankara is a saviour and supreme preacher of the dharma. The word tirthankara signifies the founder of a tirtha, a fordable passage across saṃsāra, the sea of interminable birth and
Jain miniature painting of 24 Jain Tirthankaras, Jaipur, c. 1850
The 24 Tirthankaras forming the tantric meditative syllable Hrim, painting on cloth, Gujarat, c. 1800
Tirthankara images at Siddhachal Caves inside Gwalior Fort.
Auspicious 14 dreams seen by a tirthankara's mother during pregnancy as an ornamentation on cover of 19th-century manuscript