The past caubīsī
The twenty-four of the previous half-cycle — named, and no more than named.
From Kevalajñānin to Saṃprati, the tradition preserves their names: Kevalajñānin, Nirvāṇī, Sāgara, Mahāyaśas, Vimala, Sarvānubhūti, Śrīdhara, Datta, Dāmodara, Suteja, Svāmī, Munisuvrata, Sumati, Śivagati, Astāga, Nemīśvara, Anila, Yaśodhara, Kṛtārtha, Jineśvara, Śuddhamati, Śivaṅkara, Syandana, Saṃprati.
And that is nearly all it preserves. No heights, no lifespans, no intervals — the measures that let ours be drawn to scale were never recorded for theirs, and this atlas will not invent them. The lists themselves vary between texts and between traditions; this is the common Śvetāmbara sequence.
They stand in the atlas as a procession of unmeasured figures, which is exactly what scripture leaves of them.
Measurements and counts
| Named | 24 |
|---|---|
| Measured | none |
| First | Kevalajñānin |
| Last | Saṃprati |