Ṛṣabhanātha.

About Ṛṣabhanātha

Rishabhanatha, also known as Rishabhadeva, Rishabha or Ikshvaku, is the legendary first tirthankara of Jainism. He was the first of twenty-four teachers in the present half-cycle of time in Jain cosmology and is called a "ford maker" because his teachings helped one cross the sea of interminable rebirths and deaths. He was the spiritual successor of Sampratti Bhagwan, the last Tirthankara of the previous time cycle. He is also known as Ādinātha, as well as Aadishvara, Yugadideva, Prathamarajeshwara and Nabheya. He is also known as Ikshvaku, establisher of the Ikshvaku dynasty. Along with Mahavira, Parshvanatha, Neminatha and Shantinatha. He is regarded as the father of human civilization. He organized the human society into three occupation based proto-groups namely kshatriya (rulers), aryya and sukshma. His son Bharata Chakravarti became the first kshatriya and the universal monarch after whom India was named Bhāratavarsha or Bhārat.Hinduism’s Bhagavata Purana claim him as an avatar of Vishnu. Jains consider him as an entirely distinct, fully enlightened human being who attained salvation. Rishabhanatha is one of the five Tirthankaras that attract the most devotional worship among the Jains.