They come into being after passing through fourteen levels known as Gunasthana.
They argue for the relativity of view points, and their symbols include a porcupine and a crocodile. Occasionally represented in art as having the hoods of cobras, they are traditionally shown seated on a lion throne, in the posture of meditation or dhyanamudra pose. Their nicknames include "the Moon Bright" and the "Blossom Toothed," and the title of lord, or "natha," may be added as an honorific to their names. They come into being after passing through fourteen levels known as Gunasthana. Getting smaller as the cosmic age proceeds, their aforementioned names are attributed to dreams by their mothers before their birth, for example, a dream about a wheel of black jewels named Arishtanemi, while one about saving a snake from an ascetic's log of fire applied to Parshvanatha. It was Sakra who transferred an embryo from Devananda to Trisala, who thereafter gave birth to the twenty-fourth figure to be identified as this. For 10 points, identify these exemplary enlightened figures of Jainism, the last of whom was Mahavira.
They argue for the relativity of view points, and their symbols include a porcupine and a crocodile.
Tirthankaras or Jinas