tirthankaras/tk-15-dharmanatha.jpg · 1200×1600While the queen carried him, her mind turned steadily toward dharma — and the name follows. His emblem, the vajra or thunderbolt, is shared with Buddhist and Hindu art: the traditions drew on a common visual language while meaning different things by it.
He is the last Tirthankara before the three who were also universal emperors. From here the pace of the sacred history changes: lifespans shorten, intervals compress, and the stories begin to gather detail — the history descending toward a human scale.
