Tirthankaras

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Jain religious figure enlightened being liberated soul religious figure spiritual teacher

Tirthankaras are enlightened spiritual teachers in Jainism who have conquered the cycle of birth and death and show the path of liberation to others.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Tirthankaras canonical 7
Jain Tirthankaras 4
Rishabhanatha 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jain religious figure ⓘ
enlightened being ⓘ
liberated soul ⓘ
religious figure ⓘ
spiritual teacher ⓘ
associatedCommunity laymen ⓘ
laywomen ⓘ
monks ⓘ
nuns ⓘ
associatedConcept ahimsa ⓘ
kevala jnana ⓘ
moksha ⓘ
three jewels of Jainism ⓘ
attainment complete victory over inner passions ⓘ
destruction of all karmic bondage ⓘ
cosmicContext appear in every half-cycle of time ⓘ
ethicalTeaching celibacy or chastity ⓘ
non-possession ⓘ
non-stealing ⓘ
non-violence ⓘ
truthfulness ⓘ
firstInCurrentTimeCycle Rishabhanatha ⓘ
function establish fourfold Jain community ⓘ
re-establish dharma in each era ⓘ
reveal Jain doctrine ⓘ
gender traditionally male in Svetambara and Digambara lists ⓘ
goal show path of liberation ⓘ
teach how to conquer karma ⓘ
iconographicFeature individual lanchhana or emblem ⓘ
no weapons ⓘ
serene expression ⓘ
languageOfEarlyTradition Prakrit ⓘ
lastInCurrentTimeCycle Mahavira ⓘ
numberInCurrentTimeCycle 24 ⓘ
religion Jainism ⓘ
roleInReligion founder of Jain teachings in each time cycle ⓘ
spiritual guide ⓘ
scripturalSource Jain literature ⓘ
surface form: Jain Agamas
spiritualStatus liberated from cycle of birth and death ⓘ
omniscient ⓘ
symbolicDepiction seated in lotus posture ⓘ
standing in kayotsarga posture ⓘ
titleMeaning ford-maker ⓘ
one who makes a crossing over samsara ⓘ
ultimateState reside in Siddhashila after liberation ⓘ
veneratedAs perfected beings ⓘ
supreme teachers ⓘ
worshippedBy Jainism ⓘ
surface form: Jains

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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10.

# Requirements
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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
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Subject: Tirthankaras
Description of subject: Tirthankaras are enlightened spiritual teachers in Jainism who have conquered the cycle of birth and death and show the path of liberation to others.

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jainism → reveres → Tirthankaras ⓘ
Jainism → earlyTirthankara → Tirthankaras ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rishabhanatha
Pampa → wroteAbout → Tirthankaras ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jain Tirthankaras
Svetambara → venerates → Tirthankaras ⓘ
Palitana temples → dedicatedTo → Tirthankaras ⓘ
Khajuraho Group of Monuments → mainDeityInSomeTemples → Tirthankaras ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jain Tirthankaras
Aihole temple complex → mainDeities → Tirthankaras ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jain Tirthankaras
Digambara Jains → worship → Tirthankaras ⓘ
Jina → equivalentTitle → Tirthankaras ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tirthankara
Pavapuri → worshipDeity → Tirthankaras ⓘ
Jain temples → dedicatedTo → Tirthankaras ⓘ
Bhagavān → honorificFor → Tirthankaras ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tirthankaras (in Jainism)
Jains → reveres → Tirthankaras ⓘ
Sri Digambar Jain Lal Mandir → dedicatedTo → Tirthankaras ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tirthankaras of Jainism
Udayagiri and Khandagiri Caves → containsDepiction → Tirthankaras ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jain Tirthankaras