Jain Ramayana - A Brief Summary of The Future and The Past
There are 63 illustrious personalities or Shalakha Purush in every half of the time cycle - 24 Tirthankars, 12 Chakravarti Kings, 9 Vasudevs, 9 Baldevs, and 9 Prativasudevs. Jain Ramayana is the story of 8th Vasudev Narayan (Lakshman), 8th Baldev Padam (Ram) and 8th Prativasudev Raavan . It is not just a story of how Narayan Lakshman killed Pratinarayan Raavan but also the life journeys of many great souls, including Hanuman, Sita, Bharat, Bali, Sugreev, etc. Jain Ramayan, happened in the era after 20th Tirthankar MuniSuvrat Swami had attained Moksha. So this is the story of 51st 52nd and 53rd Shalakha Purush as per Jainism - (20 Tirthankars 7 Vasudev-Baldev-Prativasudevs and 9 Chakravarti kings had already lived before them). Other very prominent personalities in the Jain Ramayana are Hanuman and Sita. Both Ram and Hanuman attained Moksha in the same lifetime and are Siddha Bhagwan for Jains. However, Jeev of Narayan Lakshman and Prativasudev Raavan ...