Rishabhanatha is the first tirthankara of Jainism and the founder of Ikshvaku dynasty. He was the first of twenty-four teachers in the present half-cycle of time in Jain cosmology. He is also known as ?????din????tha which translates into First (Adi) Lord (n????tha). He is one of the four Tirthankaras that attract the most devotional worship among the Jains.