The library · Samavasaran

Walk into the Samavasaran

When a Tirthankar teaches, the gods build a Samavasaran: three walls stepping up to Bhagwan at the centre, where gods, people and animals sit together in peace to listen. Here every JainStory story has its place in it.

Enter the Samavasaran

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• Tirthankar Bhagwan

  Centre, under the Ashoka tree

  Life of Bhagwan Mahavir (24) · The Tirthankaras (68)

• Monks, nuns and the gods

  Inside the jewelled wall

  Monks and Acharyas (75)

• Kings, men and women

  Inside the gold wall

  Court of Magadh (15) · Lay Followers (69)

• The animals

  Inside the silver wall

  Parables of Wisdom (121)

Laid out as in traditional paintings: the kings' elephants and chariots wait outside, the animals sit in pairs of natural enemies inside the silver wall, men and women inside the gold wall, and monks, nuns and the gods around Bhagwan inside the jewelled wall. Each wall has four gateways. The manastambha pillars come from the Digambar telling. Read more about the Samavasaran, or see all stories.