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Tuesday 18 November 2014

Rishbhdev

Rishbhdev is also known as Rishabh, Adinath, Adishwar or Kesariya Ji. He was born at Ayodhya in the Ikshwaku Kula or clan. In Hinduism he is known to be an avatara or incarnation of Vishnu. The name of Rishabh's parents has been mentioned in the Bhagvata PuranaThey are late descriptions of ancient legends and consist of history of the universe from creation to destruction, genealogies of kings, heroes, sages, and demigods, ......

His parents were King Nabhi Raja and Queen Marudevi.

Two sons of Rishabhdeva are worth mention. One was King Bharata, a Chakravarti Samrata and another is Bahubali. Bharta was the king, after whose name India is called Bharat Varsha. Please note that in Hindu Mythology Bharata is mentioned as son of Dushyanta.

However, some sources say that Bharata was eldest of a hundred sons of a saintly king by the name of Rishbhdev. The JainJain theology calls Rishabh a TirthankaraWhat is a Tirthankara? A Tirtha is a religious pilgrim place. Most tirths in India of any religion are based upon the banks of Rivers. ..... and Bharat a King, whose younger brother was Bahubali.

Bahubali was Bahu Bali, one with enormous strength in his arms.

The mythological stories relate that Bharat wanted to attack on the kingdom of Bahubali and both brothers nearly readied for a war. The minister negotiated and it was decided that the two brother only contest personally through Jal Yuddha,
Malla Yuddha and Drishti Yuddha. Bharata struck him first, but when it was Bahubali turn, he respected the elder brother and did not strike him and became a renunciant. Some years later, Bharta won the meru parvata and hoisted a flag there. But, when he reached the zenith, he found many flags out there. So he felt insignificance and also became a renunciant.

 

Bahubali is also known as Gomateshwara. There are 5 monolithic statues are present in Karnataka, out of which 57 feet at Shravanabelagola in Hassan District was created in 981 AD and his highest. The location of other statues are : Karkala in Udupi District, Dharmasthala in Dakshina Kannada District, Venur in Dakshina Kannada District, Gommatagiri in Mysore District.

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