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சமணர்களின் 24 காவது தீர்த்தங்கரர் (இறைத்தூதர்) என்று சமணர்களால் நம்பப்படுகிறார் !
சமணர்களின் தீர்த்தங்கரர் வரிசை பின்வருமாறு:
1. Rishabha
2. Ajita
3. Sambhava
4. Abhinandana
5. Sumati
6. Padmaprabha-------The Jains believe that the Indus Valley
7. Supaarshva------------Civilization flourished during the times
8. Chandraprabha----------between the third and the ninth
9. Pushpadanta------------------- Tirthankaras
10. Shitalnatha--------- The Aryans arrived into India
11. Shreyaamsha
12. Vaasupujya
13. Vimala
14. Ananta
15. Dharma
17. Kuntha
18. Aara
19. Mallinaatha-------The Aryanization of India complete
20. Munisuvrata
21. Nami
22. Nemi
23. Paarshvanath
24. Mahavira
The birth places
Diwali has a very special significance in Jainism. It marks the anniversary of Nirvana (final release) or liberation of Mahavira's soul, the twenty fourth and last Jain Tirthankara of present cosmic age. It is celebrated at the same time as the Hindu festival of Diwali. Diwali marks the end of the year for the Jains and it likewise remembers the passing commemoration of their 24th Tirthankara Mahavira and his achievement of moksha
Mahavira attained Moksha (liberation) on this day at Pawapuri on 15 October 527 BCE, on Chaturdashi of Kartika, as confirmed by Tilyapannatti of Yativrsabha. Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara of this era, revitalised Jain dharma.
According to tradition, the chief disciple of Mahavira, Ganadhara Gautam Swami also attained omniscience i.e. absolute or complete knowledge (Kevala Jñāna) on this day, thus making Diwali one of the most important Jain festivals. Mahavira attained his nirvana at the dawn of the amavasya (new moon). According to the Śvētāmbara text Kalpasutra, many gods were present there, illuminating the darkness.[2] The following night was pitch black without the light of the gods or the moon. To symbolically keep the light of their master's knowledge alive: 16 Gana-kings, 9 Malla and 9 Lichchhavi, of Kasi and Kosal, illuminated their doors. They said: "Since the light of knowledge is gone, we will make light of ordinary matter"
Dipavali was mentioned in Jain books as the date of the nirvana of Mahavira. In fact, the oldest reference to Diwali is a related word, dipalikaya, which occurs in Harivamsa Purana, written by Acharya Jinasena[3] and composed in the Shaka Samvat era in the year 705. Translation: The gods illuminated Pavanagari by lamps to mark the occasion. Since that time, the people of Bharat celebrate the famous festival of "Dipalika" to worship the Jinendra (i.e. Lord Mahavira) on the occasion of his nirvana. Dipalikaya roughly translates as "light leaving the body".[4] Dipalika, which can be roughly translated as "splendiferous light of lamps", is used interchangeably with the word "Diwali...
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