तीर्थंकर

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

• tirth ka arth jisake dvara sansar samudr tara jae,par kiya jae aur vah ahiansa dharm hai.
• is vishay mean jinhoanne pravartan kiya, upadesh diya, unhean tirthankar kaha gaya hai.
• tirthankar 24 mane ge hai.
• jain dharm mean chaubis tirthankaroan ke nam is prakar prasiddh hai-

1. rrishabhanath tirthankar,
2. ajit,
3. sambhav,
4. abhinandan,
5. sumati,
6. pady,
7. suparshv,
8. chandraprabh,
9. pushpadant,
10. shital,
11. shreyaans,
12. vasupoojy,
13. vimal,
14. anant,
15. dharmanath,
16. shaanti,
17. kunthu,
18. arah,
19. mallinath,
20. munisubrat,
21. nami,
22. neminath tirthankar,
23. parshvanath tirthankar, aur
24. vardhaman-mahavir

• 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 dharm marg-moksh marg ka neta tirth pravarttak-tirthankar kaha gaya hai.
• jain siddhant ke anusar 'tirthankar' nam ki ek puny (prashast) karm prakriti hai. usake uday se tirthankar hote aur ve tattvopadesh karate haian.
• achary vidyanand ne spasht kaha hai<balloon title="rrishabhadimahavirantebhy: svatmopalabdhaye. dharmatirthankarebhyoastu syadvadibhyo namonam:॥ akalank, laghiyastray, 1" style=color:blue>*</balloon> ki 'bina tirthankaratven namna narthopadeshana' arthat bina tirthankar-punyanamakarm ke tattvopadesh sanbhav nahian hai.<balloon title="aptapariksha, karika 16" style=color:blue>*</balloon>

vithika

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