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800 Rupees 2800th Nirvan Kalyanak of Parshvanath Bhagwan
| Issuer | Government of India |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Value | 800 Rupees |
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| Reverse description | At the centre of the reverse, a detailed depiction of the idol of Parshvanath Bhagwan, the 23rd Tirthankara of Jainism, is shown seated in the Padmasana (lotus) posture of meditation within an ornately carved shrine or torana, surmounted by the characteristic multi-hooded serpent canopy (Nagaphaṇa). The shrine rests upon a stepped decorative pedestal rendered in fine relief. A bilingual circular legend surrounds the central design: the upper arc bears the commemorative inscription in Devanagari script, and the lower arc carries the English equivalent. The year of issue '2024' appears in the lower exergue. |
| Reverse script | Devanagari, Latin |
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Parshvanath, the 23rd Tirthankara of Jainism, is believed to have attained moksha — liberation from the cycle of rebirth — on Sammet Shikhar (Parasnath Hill) in present-day Jharkhand. The 2800th anniversary of that event falls in 2024 by traditional Jain reckoning, which places his nirvana at 772 BCE. India has issued commemoratives honoring Jain tirthankaras before, but the denomination here — 800 rupees — was chosen to numerically echo the anniversary itself.
The .9999 fineness is notably purer than India's earlier silver commemoratives, which typically ran at .500 or .925.