first ''tirthankara'' rishabhanatha reinforcer jain dharma current time cycle one '' rama a'' traditions ancient india rejected vedas according twentieth century scholar comparative religion dr sarvepalli radhakrishnan jainism existence vedas composed historicity first twenty two tirthankaras determined yet rd tirthankara parshvanatha historical dated jain tradition ninth century bce historians date eighth seventh century bc mah v ra considered contemporary buddha around
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