Rishabha_(hindu_sage)
Rishabha (Hinduism)
One of the avatars of Vishnu in the Bhagavata Purana
In Hinduism, Rishabha is one of the twenty-four avatars of Vishnu in the Bhagavata Purana.[1][2][3] Some scholars identify this avatar to be the same as the first tirthankara of Jainism, Rishabhanatha.[3][4] Shaiva texts like the Linga Purana regard Rishabha to be among the 28 avatars of Shiva.[5] Rishabha is also found in Vedic literature, where it means the "bull" and is an epithet for Rudra (Shiva).[6]
According to John E. Cort and other scholars, there is a considerable overlap between Jain and Hindu Vaishnava traditions in the western parts of India, with Hindus adopting Jain sacred figures in Hindu texts like Rishabha and his son Bharata.[7][8]