page_title: Kulakara
section_title: Fourteen Kulakaras
hierarchical_section_title: Kulakara / Fourteen Kulakaras
caption_attribution_description: English: Image of King Nabhi and Mata Marudevi (Parents of first Tirthankara of present avasarpani) Photo: Khajurao Museum, Madhya Pradesh, India
context_page_description: In Jainism, kulakara refers to the wise men who teach people how to perform the laborious activities for survival. According to Jain Cosmology, when the third ara of the avasarpani was nearing its end, felicities due to ten type of Kalpavriksha started declining. The number of the sages who thus appeared is said to be fourteen, the last of whom was Nabhirai, the father of the first tirthankara, Rishabhanatha.
caption: Image depicting the last kulakara, Nabhirai and his wife Marudevi
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