Tirthankar

Below is an excerpt from the book "Jain Bhugol" (Jain Cosmology) by Dr. Ujwala Shah. In this section, the author describes that, "Currently, there are 20 Tirthankaras in the Videh kshetra. Sometimes, there can be one Tirthankar in each of 160 Videh kshetra. And during the same time, there can be one Tirthankar in each of the 5 Bharat and 5 Eravat kshetras. In such a scenario, there can be 160 + 5 + 5 = 170 Tirthankaras in total during the same time (kaal).

This happened during the time of "Ajitnath" Tirthankar.


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