An elephant, a bull, a lion, a garland of flowers.
From the original text · Kalpa Sutra
Stories featuring Mahavira, including Queen Trishala's Fourteen Dreams; Vardhamana Is Born; The Boy and the Snake.
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Source works: Kalpa Sutra · Trishashti-shalaka-purusha-charitra · Jain moral tales
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An elephant, a bull, a lion, a garland of flowers.
From the original text · Kalpa Sutra

Kundagrama, and a kingdom that grew richer.
From the original text · Kalpa Sutra
The birthday of the twenty-fourth Jina.
From the original text · Jain moral tales
Vardhamana and the serpent in the garden.
From the original text · Kalpa Sutra
Mahavira's nirvana night.
From the original text · Jain moral tales
Everything given away.
From the original text · Kalpa Sutra
Walking, fasting, forgiving.
From the original text · Kalpa Sutra
A snake calmed by kindness.
From the original text · Kalpa Sutra
Under the sal tree by the Rijuvalika.
From the original text · Kalpa Sutra
Eleven scholars become his students.
From the original text · Kalpa Sutra
A girl in chains who gave the last handful.
From the original text · Kalpa Sutra
Why Jains light lamps on Diwali night.
From the original text · Kalpa Sutra
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