Evidence of the Origin of Tirthankara Images in the Archaeological Literature

Brijesh Rawat

2023

Abstract

Jainism has occupied its prominent place since Ancient India. There had been twenty fourTirthankaras in this religion. Rishabha was the first promulgator and first Tirthankara. Rig-Veda, Yajurveda and Atharveda mention the name of Rishabha, tirthankaraAjit and tirthankarNemi. Similarly, in other Ancient Indian literature, along with the mention of saidtirthankars, the mention of Parshva and Mahavira too has been found in plenty. Shishnadeva, Nagnahu, Keshin, Shraman, addressed in Rig-Veda are synonyms of tirthankars. Words like Udharvareta,Udharvamanthi, Nirgrantha, Vatarshna,Shaman etc, cited in other ancient literature has been used for Jinas and sages which definitely augments the presence, value and popularity of Jainism and Tirthankaras. In Harappa Civilization the writer has obtained seventeen sculptures akin to the images of tirthankaras, which bears resemblance to the idols of Historic Tirthankara sculptures. Following this, the construction of the sculptures of Jinas continued during the Mauryan, Sungas and Kushanas period.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Rawat B. (2023). Evidence of the Origin of Tirthankara Images in the Archaeological Literature. In Proceedings of the 1st Pamir Transboundary Conference for Sustainable Societies - Volume 1: PAMIR; ISBN 978-989-758-687-3, SciTePress, pages 996-999. DOI: 10.5220/0012534300003792

in Bibtex Style

@conference{pamir23,
author={Brijesh Rawat},
title={Evidence of the Origin of Tirthankara Images in the Archaeological Literature},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st Pamir Transboundary Conference for Sustainable Societies - Volume 1: PAMIR},
year={2023},
pages={996-999},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012534300003792},
isbn={978-989-758-687-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st Pamir Transboundary Conference for Sustainable Societies - Volume 1: PAMIR
TI - Evidence of the Origin of Tirthankara Images in the Archaeological Literature
SN - 978-989-758-687-3
AU - Rawat B.
PY - 2023
SP - 996
EP - 999
DO - 10.5220/0012534300003792
PB - SciTePress