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In [[Hinduism]], '''Rishabha''' is the eighth [[Avatar]] of [[Vishnu]] of the twenty-two incarnations listed in the [[Bhagavata Purana]].<ref name="Matchett">{{cite book|last=Matchett|first=Freda|title=Krishna, Lord or Avatara?: the relationship between Krishna and Vishnu|publisher=9780700712816|year=2001|page=152|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=1oqTYiPeAxMC&pg=PA152 | isbn=978-0-7007-1281-6}}</ref> Many times, it is said that he is [[Rishabhnatha]], who is the first Tirthankara and founder of [[Jainism]].
 
Rishabha Rishi is also mentioned in the ''Markandeya'', ''Brahmanda'', ''Skanda'', and ''Vishnu'' Puranas.<ref>