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THE BIRTH MARKS ON THE BODY OF TIRTHANKAR |
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(THE 1008 AUSPICIOUS MAKRS) |
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1.
Coconut tree 2.
Conch-shell 3.
Lotus 4.
Swastika 5.
Lancet (for elephant) 6.
Arch 7.
Whisks 8.
White canopy 9.
Throne 10.
Flag 11.
Pair of fishes 12.
Two urns 13.
Tortoise 14.
Disc 15.
Ocean 16.
Pond 17.
Space vehicle 18.
Mansion 19.
Elephant 20.
Man 21.
Woman 22.
Lion 23.
Arrow 24.
Bow 25.
Meru mountain 26.
Indra (king of gods) 27.
Divine damsel 28.
Town 29.
Gate 30.
The moon 31.
The sun 32.
Horse of good breed 33.
Fan 34.
Flute 35.
Vina (a musical instrument 36.
Mridang (a type of drum) 37.
Garlands 38.
Silk 39.
Shop 40.
A head-dress 41.
Necklace 42.
Medal 43.
Necklet 44.
Bead string 45.
Bracelet 46.
Arm band 47.
Girdle 48.
Two rings 49.
Earing 50.
Ear-tops 51.
Two bracelets 52.
Gold-balls 53.
Bangle 54.
Plate 55.
Thread 56.
Orchard 57.
Farm 58.
Gem studded lamp 59.
Diamond 60.
Earth 61.
Goddess Laxmi 62.
Goddess Saraswati 63.
Divine cow 64.
Bull 65.
An ornament for forehead 66.
Great precious things 67.
Wishfulfilling tree*
68.
Wishfulfilling tree 69.
Wishfulfilling tree 70.
Wishfulfilling tree 71.
Wishfulfilling tree 72.
Wishfulfilling tree 73.
Wishfulfilling tree 74.
Wishfulfilling tree 75.
Wishfulfilling tree 76.
Wishfulfilling tree 77.
Gold 78.
Jambu tree 79.
Eagle 80.
Constellation 81.
Stars 82.
Royal palace 83.
Fire planet 84.
Sun 85.
Moon 86.
Mars 87.
Neptune 88.
Jupiter 89.
Venus 90.
An astrological conjunction-Rahu 91.
An astrological conjunction-Ketu 92.
Siddharth tree 93.
Ashok tree 94.
Gem studded throne 95.
Triple canopy 96.
Aura 97.
Divine sound 98.
Shower of flowers 99.
Whisks 100.
Divine drums 101.
Jug 102.
Urn 103.
Flag 104.
Canopy 105.
Swastika 106.
Whisks 107.
Mirror 108.
Fan. These
are the 108 main signs. Combined
with 900 mirror signs like mole etc. it totals to 1008 auspicious signs. *.
67 to 76-These are different types of Wishfulfilling trees. * Following nine will be the incarnations of pious
souls that earned Tirthankar-nam-karma during Mahavir's period.
Their names are sequence are-1. King Shrenik, 2. Suparshva,
3. Udayi, 4. Pottil ascetic, 5. Dridhayu, 6. Shamkh, 7. Shatak, 8.
Sulasa, and 9. Revati. (Sthanang, Chapter IX, Abhaydev)
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