Kesi (Ganadhara)

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Kesi (Ganadhara)
Parshvanath's Gandhara.
SymbolTree or Jain Chihna
Height1.8m
Personal information
Born511
(historical)
534
(traditionals)
Sarnath (ancient in Shaptārshis dynasty)

Kesi was the Ganadhara of twenty third Jain Tirthankara, Parshvanatha, who is said to have met Gautama.[1]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Jaini 2000, p. 27.

References[edit]

  • Jaini, Padmanabh S. (2000), Collected Papers On Jaina Studies (First ed.), Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 81-208-1691-9