One hundred thousand
Hindi 'lakh', from Sanskrit 'laksha': the traditional South Asian numbering unit equal to 100,000 (1,00,000).
Jain scriptures describe the lifespans of the earliest Tirthankaras in figures of lakhs or crores of 'purva', vast numbers meant to convey an age of the world when beings lived immeasurably longer than they do now.
Ajitanatha, born to King Jitashatru and Queen Vijaya at Ayodhya, became the second Tirthankara whose name declares victory over inner enemies, not outer ones.
Chandraprabha, born at Chandrapuri under the sign of the moon, became the eighth Tirthankara whose name, moonlight, teaches that calm is liberation's foundation.
Dharmanatha, the fifteenth Tirthankara, born to King Bhanu and Queen Suvrata at Ratnapuri, carries in his own name the word that anchors this land's moral vocabulary.
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