Parshvanatha (Wikipedia)

A Wikipedia article on Parshvanatha, the 23rd of the 24 Tirthankaras of Jainism and the earliest Tirthankara generally acknowledged by historians as a historical figure, though his exact dates are debated, placed by some scholars in the 8th to 7th century BCE against the Jain tradition's own 9th to 8th century BCE dating. The article describes his standard iconographic emblem as the snake, with images typically showing a multi-headed serpent fanned like an umbrella above his head and a cobra carved beneath his feet, tied to the legend of the serpent king Dharanendra spreading a canopy of a thousand hoods over him and the goddess Padmavati coiling protectively around his body while he meditated. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/