Rishabhanatha (Wikipedia)

A Wikipedia article on Rishabhanatha, the first Tirthankara of Jainism in the present cosmic age. The article gives the bull as his standard iconographic emblem and identifies long locks of hair falling onto his shoulders as a second, distinguishing marker, tied to a Svetambara account that at his initiation he tore out only four handfuls of hair rather than the usual five, leaving shoulder locks that set him apart visually from the other Tirthankaras. The article catalogues ancient idols from sites including Mathura, Chausa and Kankali Tila and colossal pilgrimage statues, alongside museum holdings such as an 8th-century brass idol at the Ethnological Museum, Berlin. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/