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FOREWORD .............................................................................................................................................6
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WHO IS A TIRTHANKAR? .......................................................................................................................8
1. BHAVAGAN RISHABHDEV, THE FIRST TIRTHANKAR ...............................................................10
The Age of Twins ...........................................................................................................................10
Birth of Rishabhdev .......................................................................................................................10
Birth Celebrations .......................................................................................................................... 11
Giving the Name ............................................................................................................................12
The Beginning of the Ikshvaku Clan ..............................................................................................12
Marriage .........................................................................................................................................12
Evolution of Crafts and Trades ...................................................................................................... 12
Preaching the Path of Renunciation ..............................................................................................12
The First Charity ............................................................................................................................13
Omniscience and Nirvana ..............................................................................................................14
Liberation .......................................................................................................................................15
2. BHAGAVAN AJITNATH .................................................................................................................15
Death of Sagar’s Sixty Thousand sons .........................................................................................16
3. BHAGAVAN SAMBHAVNATH .......................................................................................................16
4. BHAGAVAN ABHINANDAN ...........................................................................................................17
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5. BHAGAVAN SUMATINATH ...........................................................................................................17
6. BHAGAVAN PADMAPRABH .........................................................................................................19
7. BHAGAVAN SUPARSHVANATH ...................................................................................................19
8. BHAGAVAN CHANDRAPRABH ....................................................................................................19
9. BHAGAVAN SUVIDHINATH ..........................................................................................................20
Extinction of the Religious Ford .....................................................................................................20
10. BHAGAVAN SHEETALNATH .........................................................................................................20
11. BHAGAVAN SHREYANSNATH .....................................................................................................21
12. BHAGAVAN VASUPUJYA .............................................................................................................21
13. BHAGAVAN VIMALNATH ..............................................................................................................22
14. BHAGAVAN ANANTNATH .............................................................................................................22
15. BHAGAVAN DHARMNATH............................................................................................................22
16. BHAGAVAN SHANTINATH............................................................................................................23
Protection to a Refugee .................................................................................................................23
Unflinching Discipline .....................................................................................................................23
17. BHAGAVAN KUNTHUNATH ..........................................................................................................24
18. BHAGAVAN ARNATH ....................................................................................................................25
19. BHAGAVAN MALLINATH ..............................................................................................................26
Birth of Malli Kumari.......................................................................................................................26
Amar Muni - Tirthankar Charitra - Surana # 2
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