Tīrthaṅkara · 18 of 24 · also cakravartī
Aranātha अरनाथ
The third emperor-Tīrthaṅkara — and the last figure before the counting changes for good.
After Ara the texts stop giving antaras in sāgaropamas and palyopamas and give them in years: the next interval is one thousand koṭi years, a number a person can actually write down. The Descent draws that seam on the axis rather than smoothing over it, because a change in the unit of history is itself a piece of the history.
He stood 30 dhanuṣ and lived 84,000 years , a quarter palyopama less a thousand koṭi years after Kunthu . His emblem is the nandyāvarta, the labyrinth of well-being.
the third ara, ending the fifth ara begins 3 years 8½ months after him 1 · Ṛṣabhanātha 500 dhanuṣ · 84 lakh pūrva after 50 lakh koṭi sāgaropama 2 · Ajitanātha 450 dhanuṣ · 72 lakh pūrva after 30 lakh koṭi sāgaropama 3 · Sambhavanātha 400 dhanuṣ · 60 lakh pūrva after 10 lakh koṭi sāgaropama 4 · Abhinandananātha 350 dhanuṣ · 50 lakh pūrva after 9 lakh koṭi sāgaropama 5 · Sumatinātha 300 dhanuṣ · 40 lakh pūrva after 90,000 koṭi sāgaropama 6 · Padmaprabha 250 dhanuṣ · 30 lakh pūrva after 9,000 koṭi sāgaropama 7 · Supārśvanātha 200 dhanuṣ · 20 lakh pūrva after 900 koṭi sāgaropama 8 · Candraprabha 150 dhanuṣ · 10 lakh pūrva after 90 koṭi sāgaropama 9 · Suvidhinātha 100 dhanuṣ · 2 lakh pūrva after 9 koṭi sāgaropama 10 · Śītalanātha 90 dhanuṣ · 1 lakh pūrva after 1 koṭi sāgaropama less 100 sāgaropama and 66,26,000 years 11 · Śreyāṃsanātha 80 dhanuṣ · 84 lakh years after 54 sāgaropama 12 · Vāsupūjya 70 dhanuṣ · 72 lakh years after 30 sāgaropama 13 · Vimalanātha 60 dhanuṣ · 60 lakh years after 9 sāgaropama 14 · Anantanātha 50 dhanuṣ · 30 lakh years after 4 sāgaropama 15 · Dharmanātha 45 dhanuṣ · 10 lakh years after 3 sāgaropama less ¾ palyopama 16 · Śāntinātha 40 dhanuṣ · 1 lakh years after ½ palyopama 17 · Kunthunātha 35 dhanuṣ · 95,000 years after ¼ palyopama less 1,000 koṭi years 18 · Aranātha 30 dhanuṣ · 84,000 years after 1,000 koṭi years here the texts stop counting in sāgaropamas and begin counting in years 19 · Mallinātha 25 dhanuṣ · 55,000 years after 54 lakh years 20 · Munisuvrata 20 dhanuṣ · 30,000 years after 6 lakh years 21 · Naminātha 15 dhanuṣ · 10,000 years after 5 lakh years 22 · Neminātha 10 dhanuṣ · 1,000 years after 83,750 years 23 · Pārśvanātha 9 hāth · 100 years after 250 years 24 · Mahāvīra 7 hāth · 72 years past caubīsī ours · the present future caubīsī ‹ 18 of 24 › The twenty-four, in descent — Aranātha highlighted Measurements and counts Number 18 of 24 Height 30 dhanuṣ Lifespan 84,000 years After Kunthunātha ¼ palyopama, less 1,000 koṭi years Born Hastināpura Complexion golden Emblem nandyāvarta Mokṣa Sammeta Śikhara Parents Sudarśana · Devī
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