In the Jain tradition there are sixty-three highly endowed persons who are known as Shalaka Purush or great men.  They are 24 Tirthankars, 12 Chakravartis, 9 Baldevs, 9 Vasudevs, and 9 Prativasudevs.  Brief descriptions of these great men are as follows-

Chakravarti - The highest monarch in the human world is known as Chakravarti.  He reigns over one specific section of any of the three worlds known as Bharat, Airavat, or Mahavideh.  The number of countries under his reign is 32,000.  He has 32,000 subordinate kings and 25,000 gods in his attendance.  He is the owner of nine types of wealth and fourteen types of gems.  He has 64,000 queens, 20,000 mines each of gold and silver and 16,000 mines of gems.  His army comprises 8.4 million each of elephants, horses and chariots; 960 million-foot soldiers; 9.9 million personal guards; and 16,000 ministers.  He has the combined power of 4 million octopeds (mythical creature).  The minimum and maximum number of Chakravartis in all dimensions inhabited by humans is 20 and 150.

The names of twelve Chakravartis of Bharat area during the current descending cycle are-1. Bharat, 2. Sagar, 3. Maghava, 4. Sanat Kumar, 5. Shantinath, 6. Kunthunath, 7. Arnath, 8. Subhum, 9. Padma, 10. Harishen, 11. Jaisen, 12. Brahmadatta.

Baldev - He is elder brother of a Vasudev and has extreme attachment with his younger brother.  A Baldev's mother sees four great dreams.  He has the strength of a million octopeds.  Four thousand gods are in his attendance.  His weapons, including mace and plough are blessed by a thousand gods each.  Because of their mutual affection Baldev and Vasudev rule joint.  After the death of the Vasudev, Baldev becomes an ascetic and indulges in spiritual practices.  Some of them are liberated and others are reincarnated in dimensions of gods.

Vasudev - A Vasudev in his earlier births sheds some specific Karma and determines to acquire this status.  His soul then incarnates either in the heaven or the hell and then is born as Vasudev.  At the time of his conception his mother sees seven great dreams.  His complexion is dark.  He has the strength equivalent to 2 million octopeds and he conquers three continents by killing the Prativasudev.  He has 16,000 kingdoms and kings under his subjugation and 8,000 gods in his attendance.  He has 16,000 queens and seven gems.

The maximum and minimum numbers of Baldev, Vasudev, and Prativasudev are 108 and 20.  It is believed that as Tirthankar does not meet another Tirthankar, a Chakravarti and a Vasudev also do not meet another Chakravarti and Vasudev respectively.  Also a Vasudev does not meet a Chakravarti.