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 Ä€dinÄtha which translates into First (Adi) Lord (nÄtha). He is one of the four Tirthankaras that attract the most devotional worship among the Jains.