The Jain pantheon states that Lord Munisuvrat Svami, a Tirthankara, was born more than 11,75,000 years ago. Suvrata Muni, the spiritual teacher and master of Sri Rama, was a descendent of Munisuvrat Svami. King Anaranya, the grand father of rama, was born during his regime. The average life span of a man at that time was Lord Mahavira Svami learnt about Ramayana with his Kevalagyan and narrated it to his disciple Ganadhara Gautama, who compiled it in the form of ...