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Rishabha (Hinduism)
One of the avatars of Vishnu in the Bhagavata Purana / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In Hinduism, Rishabha is one of the twenty-four avatars of Vishnu in the Bhagavata Purana.[1][2][3] Some scholars identify this avatar to be the same as the first tirthankara of Jainism, Rishabhanatha.[3][4] Shaiva texts like the Linga Purana regard Rishabha to be among the 28 avatars of Shiva.[5] Rishabha is also found in Vedic literature, where it means the "bull" and is an epithet for Rudra (Shiva).[6]
This article is about the avatar of Vishnu in Hinduism. For the founder of Jainism, see Rishabhanatha. For the solar month in traditional Indian lunisolar calendar, see Vṛṣabha.
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According to John E. Cort and other scholars, there is a considerable overlap between Jain and Hindu Vaishnava traditions in the western parts of India, with Hindus adopting Jain sacred figures in Hindu texts like Rishabha and his son Bharata.[7][8]