Adipurana: Sanskrit Text with English Translation
author: Shantilal Nagar
edition: 2011, Eastern Book Linkers
pages: 1288
ISBN-10: 9788178542027
Topic: Jainism
Chapter 14 - Birth Ceremony of Rsabha
This page describes Birth Ceremony of Rsabha which is the fourteenth chapter located on page 335 of the first volume in the book: Adipurana (Sanskrit Text with English Translation) by Shantilal Nagar. This book is the English translation of the Adi Purana which is an important piece of literature in Digambara Jainism and deals with the life story of lord Rishabhadeva and his ten incarnations while also providing a sketch of Jaina traditions, culture and history. This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Birth Ceremony of Rsabha” according to 9 books dealing with Jainism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Kalpa-sutra (Lives of the Jinas) [by Hermann Jacobi]
(208) (The circumstances connected with the birth of Rishabha are the same as in the case of that of Mahavira, only that the contents of §§ 100 and 101 do not apply to the present case. ) (209) The Arhat Rishabha, the Koshalian, belonged to the Kashyapa gotra, and he had five names: Rishabha, First King, First Mendicant, First Jina, and First Tirthakara....
Read full contents: Life of Rishabha
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra [by Helen M. Johnson]
Then Hari performed the coronation-ceremony of Adityayashas, the son of Bharata, to bear the weight of the world. From the time when his kevala was manifest, Bharata with his retinue wandered like Rishabha Svamin through villages, mines, cities, forests, mountains, towns approached by land and water, etc., enlightening bhavyas by the preaching of dharma for a lac of purvas. Then, going to Ashtapada, the Lord of Bharata made the rejection of fourfold food according to rule....
Read full contents: Part 24: Bharata’s death
Sutrakritanga (English translation) [by Hermann Jacobi]
This passage in prose appended to the metrical text seems to contradict the supposition of the commentators that the whole lecture was pronounced by Rishabha....
Read full contents: Lecture 2, Chapter 3
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[Adipurana: Sanskrit Text with English Translation: index]
[About the author (Shantilal Nagar)]
[Preface (the Purana tradition)]
[Tradition of Translation of the early Sanskrit works]