Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra

by Helen M. Johnson | 1931 | 742,503 words

This page describes Future Ramas which is the twelfth part of chapter XIII of the English translation of the Mahavira-caritra, contained within the “Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra”: a massive Jain narrative relgious text composed by Hemacandra in the 12th century. Mahavira in jainism is the twenty-fourth Tirthankara (Jina) and one of the 63 illustrious beings or worthy persons.

And the Rāmas with ever increasing preeminence: Bala (will be) the first of them; Jayanta, Ajita, Dharma, Suprabha, Sudarśana, Ānanda, Nandana, and Padma, the last Rāma.

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