Suparshvanatha
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Suparshvanatha, also known as Suparśva, was the seventh Jain Tīrthankara of the present age. He was born to King Pratistha and Queen Prithvi at Varanasi on 12 Jestha Shukla in the Ikshvaku clan. He is
Idol of Suparshvanatha depicting Jain iconography
Suparsvanatha, c. 900 CE, Norton Simon Museum
16th century bronze idol of Suparsvanatha, Honolulu Museum of Art
Supārśva in middle with Pārśva on both side, Jain temple, Deogarh
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