Tirthankara
Tirthankara (literally ford-maker); the one who builds a ford across the ocean of birth and death (''samsara''). Tirthankara are the founder of Jainism. They are omniscient Teaching God; a synonym for Jina. Four And Twenty There is a special fascination in the number four and twenty; the Hindus have twenty-four avataras (incarnations) of their favourite...