With the foetus of Bhagavan Mahavira in her womb, the holy queen Trisala witnesses the following fourteen auspicious objects in her dream:—(1)an elephant, (2) a bull, (3) a lion, (4) goddess Laksim, (5) a pair of garlands, (6) the Moon, (7) the Sun, (8) a flag, (9) a silver jug, (10) a lake with lotuses, (11) the milky ocean, (12) a divine aerial car. (13) a heap of jewels and (14) a smokeless fire .The queen narrated the dream to the king and asked him what it augured. The king aswell as the dream-interpreters predicted that th(queen would give birth to an illustrious son destined to be a Tirtharnkara in this very life. Queer Trisala, of Vasistha Gotra, was the sister of king Cetaka of Ksatriya caste who ruled over the democratic state of VaisalT, the capital of Videha. King Siddhartha and queen Trisala were both followers of Bhagavan Parsvanatha's Sramana tradition. Queen Trisala became the ' Universal Mother ' because she gave birth to the twenty-fourth Tirtharnkara.