Ajitnath As A Historical Figure
The second Jain Tirthankar, Ajitanatha, was born in Ayodhya. The Yajurveda mentions the name of Ajitanatha, but the meaning is not clear. According to Jain traditions, his younger brother was Sagara. Sagara, who became the second Chakravarti, is known from the traditions of both Hinduism and Jainism as found in the respective scriptures of each religion.
- From the Hindu source: Sagara is known to have had many sons. One of them was Bhagiratha who brought the river Ganges.
- From the Jain source: In his last days, Sagara adopted the life of asceticism from Ajitanath and retired from the worldly life. Ajitanath seems to be as real a person as Sagara.
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