Great man’ – also known as a mahā-puruṣa – whose story is told in Jain Universal History. Born in each progressive and regressive half-cycle of time, there are five types of ‘great men’:

Synonyms:
63 Great Men, great men, Śalākā-puruṣa, Tri-ṣaṣṭi-śalākā-puruṣa-caritra
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