Jambusvami

Jambuswami (543–449 BCE) was the spiritual successor of Sudharmaswami in Jain religious order reorganised by Mahavira. He remained the head for 39 or 44 years, after which he is believed to have attained Kevala Jnana (omniscience). He was the last kevali (omniscient being) for the present descending half time cycle in the Jain tradition. He is believed to have attained moksha (liberation) at the age of 84 in Mathura.

Jambu was succeeded by Prabhava (443-338 BCE), who was converted from banditry by him. Prabhava was succeeded by Shayyambhava (377-315 BCE). Shayyambhava composed Dasavaikalika sutra after studying the fourteen purvas (pre-canonical texts). He was initiated as a Jain monk. He initiated his son as a monk at the age of eight and taught him sacred knowledge in 10 lectures in six months, after which the latter died.

Shayyambhava was succeeded by Yasobhadra (351-235 BCE), who was succeeded by his two disciples, Sambhutavijaya (347-257 BCE) and Bhadrabahu (322-243 BCE).

Temples and legacy Mathura Chaurasi Digamber Jain Mandir in Uttar Pradesh stands as a premier center for worship of Jambuswami. This temple complex features a white marble idol of Ajitanatha, second , as its primary enshrined deity , which was historically recovered during an archaeological excavation in Gwalior. The site is also deeply revered within Jain universal history as the exact location where Jambuswami (the final omniscient being, or , of the current cosmic age) attained ultimate liberation , with his venerated footprints actively worshipped alongside Ajitanatha's idol.