Kalyanak / Kalyanaka
Literal Meaning
Auspicious event
Etymology & Sanskrit Root
Sanskrit 'kalyana' (auspicious, beneficial): one of the five pivotal life-events Jain tradition marks for every Tirthankara.
Spiritual Insight & Context
The five Kalyanakas, conception, birth, renunciation, omniscience, and final liberation (Moksha Kalyanak), are each celebrated at the place where they occurred and remembered in the annual festival calendar.