In Jainism, Lord Rishabh (also transliterated as Rishabanath and as Rushabh) was the first Tirthankar of Jainism. He is also known as Aadinaath, and as such is considered similar to Abraham and Shiva. The hand with a wheel on the palm symbolizes the Jain Vow of Ahimsa, meaning non-injury and non-violence. ... In Jainism, a Tirthankar (Fordmaker) is a human who by adopting asceticism achieves enlightenment (perfect knowledge), thus becoming a Jina (one who has conquered his inner enemies - anger, pride, deceit, desire etc. ... Abraham (אַבְרָהָם Father/Leader of many, Standard Hebrew Avraham, Tiberian Hebrew ʾAḇrāhām; Arabic ابراهيم Ibrāhīm) is the patriarch of Judaism, recognized by Christianity, and a very important prophet in Islam. ... Lord Śiva. ...

He has been known to exist at the time civilization were yet to form in its proper state. Legend talks of him being the son of chief of the 'Ishavaku' clan, Who taught people agriculture, tending of animals, cooking, etc. He has been known to father a hundred sons. The first being 'Bharath', after whom India got its name 'Bharat'. Another son of his was named 'Bahubali'. A statue of whoes exist in 'Shravanbelgola', Karnataka.

He attained salvation or 'Keval gyan' or infinite knowledge and while giving sermons, his mother came riding on an elephant top to see the glory of her son. She was so emotionally moved by her son's image that she attained her 'Moksh' at that precise moment.

Lord Rishabh's grandson 'Marichi' (Bharath's son) whoes soul was later came to be known as Lord Mahavir.