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Jainism
The Navkar Mantra bows not to a person but to qualities — and so it belongs to everyone. Below: the mantra itself, the living Tirthankara, all twenty-four ford-makers, their guardians, and the practices that carry the teaching through the year.
The Living Tirthankara
Shri Simandhar Swami
In our own Bharat Kshetra no Tirthankara walks today. In Mahavideh Kshetra the tirtha is always active — and there Shri Simandhar Swami is present now.
The Ford-Makers
The 24 Tirthankaras
Each with the emblem by which they are recognised, their body colour, birthplace and place of liberation, their shasan yaksha and yakshini, and the mantra of their name.
Guardians of the Teaching
Shasan Devs & Devis
In Jain understanding these are devoted celestial beings who protect the teaching and its followers — never objects of liberation-seeking worship, which is reserved for the Arihants and Siddhas alone.
Sacred Recitation
Jain Mantras & Sutras
Verse by Verse
The Stotras in Full
Every verse, in Devanagari, Gujarati and IAST, with the meaning of each and — where the recensions differ — a note on the reading rather than a silent choice.
The Nine Remembrances
Nava Smarana
The nine stotras held in memory in the Shvetambara Murtipujaka tradition, in their canonical order. Verse counts are given only where we could verify them.
Daily & Periodic Practice
Rituals & Observances
The Jain Year
Festivals
Jain tradition has two main branches, Shvetambara and Digambara, whose lists and observances sometimes differ. Where they do, the difference is noted rather than resolved. Content here is devotional and cultural; for practice, follow the guidance of your own sangh and guru. Micchami Dukkadam — if anything here has been stated wrongly, we ask forgiveness.