Rishabha (Hinduism): Difference between revisions

In [[Hinduism]], '''Rishabha''' is one of the twenty-four [[avatar]]s of [[Vishnu]] 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=https://books.google.com/books?id=1oqTYiPeAxMC&pg=PA152 | isbn=978-0-7007-1281-6}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Wendy Doniger|title=On Hinduism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fUnaAgAAQBAJ |year=2014|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-936009-3|pages=593 note 46}}</ref><ref name=jaini1>{{cite journal|author=PS Jaini|title=Jina Rishabha as an avatar of Vishnu|year= 1977|journal=Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies | volume=XL| issue=2| pages=321–327}}</ref> Some scholars state that this avatar is same as the first [[Tirthankara]] of Jainism.<ref name=jaini1/><ref>{{cite book|author=D Dennis Hudson|title=The Body of God: An Emperor's Palace for Krishna in Eighth-Century Kanchipuram|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=IMCxbOezDi4C&pg=PA19 |year=2008|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-970902-1|pages=19–21}}</ref> Shaiva texts like [[Linga Purana]] appropriated Tirthankar Rishabhdeva as an avatar of [[Shiva]] because his sign is bull and his nirvan place is mountain Ashtapad and the 1008 names of lord Shivas are same as Rishabhdeva.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BQNgDgAAQBAJ&q=ling+puran+rishabh&pg=PT59|title = Linga Purana : लिंग पुराण|isbn = 9789352618804|last1 = Vinay|first1 = Dr|date = 17 March 2017| publisher=Diamond Pocket Books Pvt }}</ref> Rishabha is also found in Vedic literature, where it means the "bull" and is an epithet for Rudra (Shiva).<ref name="Dalal2010">{{cite book|author=Roshen Dalal|title=Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DH0vmD8ghdMC |year= 2010|publisher=Penguin Books|isbn=978-0-14-341421-6|page=88}}</ref>