Auspicious dreams in Jainism

Their number varies according to different traditions and they described frequently as fourteen or sixteen dreams.

[1] They are seen by mothers of the prominent figures in Jainism including Tirthankaras, on the conception of their soul in the womb.

They are described in detail as dreams of queen Trishala, mother of Mahavira, in some Jain texts.

[1] These dreams are connected with the births of Tirthankaras and the other prominent people including Chakravarti, Balabhadra/Baladeva and Vāsudeva in Jainism.

[1] These dreams are symbolised and found in artistic media like paintings in manuscripts and on its covers, books, ornamentation in stone carvings, invitation scrolls and temple furnitures.

Queen Trishala, Mahavira's mother has 14 auspicious dreams. Folio 4 from Kalpasutra
Auspicious 14 dreams seen by a tirthankara's mother during pregnancy as an ornamentation on cover of 19th-century manuscript