तीर्थंकर

[[chitr:Seated-Rishabhanath-Jain-Museum-Mathura-38.jpg|thumb|250px|asanasth rrishabhanath
Seated Rishabhanatha
rajakiy jain sangrahalay, mathura]]

tirthankar shabd ka jain dharm mean b da hi mahattv hai. 'tirth' ka arth hai, jisake dvara sansar samudr tara jae, par kiya jae aur vah ahiansa dharm hai. jain dharm mean un 'jinoan' evan mahatmaoan ko tirthankar kaha gaya hai, jinhoanne pravartan kiya, upadesh diya aur asankhy jivoan ko is sansar se 'tar' diya.

jain tirthankar

jain dharm mean 24 tirthankar mane ge haian. un chaubis tirthankaroan ke nam is prakar prasiddh haian-

1. rrishabhanath tirthankar,
2. ajitanath
3. sambhavanath
4. abhinandananath
5. sumatinath
6. padmaprabh
7. suparshvanath
8. chandraprabh
9. pushpadant
10. shitalanath
11. shreyaansanath
12. vasupoojy
13. vimalanath
14. anantanath
15. dharmanath
16. shantinath
17. kunthunath
18. aranath
19. mallinath
20. munisubranath
21. naminath
22. neminath tirthankar
23. parshvanath tirthankar
24. vardhaman mahavir

dharmamarg ke neta

in 24 tirthankaroan ne apane-apane samay mean dharmamarg se chyut ho rahe jan-samuday ko sanbodhit kiya aur use dharmamarg mean lagaya. isi se inhean dharmamarg aur mokshamarg ka neta tirth pravarttak 'tirthankar' kaha gaya hai. jain siddhant ke anusar 'tirthankar' nam ki ek puny karm prakriti hai. usake uday se tirthankar hote aur ve tattvopadesh karate haian. achary vidyanand ne spasht kaha hai ki 'bina tirthankaratven namna narthopadeshana' arthath bina tirthankar-punyanamakarm ke tattvopadesh sanbhav nahian hai.

vithika

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  Tirthankara Parsvanatha

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  Seated Jaina Tirthankara

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  Tirthankara Rishabhanath

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  Seated Jaina Tirthankara

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  Seated Jaina Tirthankara

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  Jaina Tirthankara

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  Seated Jaina Tirthankara

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  Tirthankara Rishabhanath

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