Naminatha

Naminatha

Naminatha

21st Jain Tirthankara

Naminatha (Devanagari: नमिनाथ) (Sanskrit: नमिनाथः) was the twenty-first tirthankara of the present half time cycle, Avsarpini. He was born to the King Vijaya and Queen Vipra of the Ikshvaku dynasty. King Vijaya was the ruler of Mithila at that time.[3] Naminatha lived for 10,000 years.[4] When Naminatha was in his mother's womb, Mithila was attacked by a group of powerful kings. The aura of Naminatha forced all the kings to surrender to King Vijaya.[5]

Not to be confused with Neminatha.
Quick Facts Venerated in, Predecessor ...

Legends

Naminatha was born on the 8th day of Shravan Krishna of the lunisolar Jain calendar. He attained Kevala Jnana under a Bakula tree. He had 17 Ganadhara, Suprabha being the leader.[6] According to Jain tradition, he liberated his soul by destroying all of his karma and attained Moksha from Sammed Shikhar nearly 571,750 years before Neminatha.[7] He was preceded by Munisuvrata who is believed to have lived 570,000 years before him.[7]

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Naminatha.

References

Notes

  1. [1]
    Tandon 2002, p. 45.
  2. [2]
    Sarasvati 1970, p. 444.
  3. [3]
    Tukol 1980, p. 31.
  4. [4]
    Harshshilvijay, Kulshilvijay. "24 Characters of Tirthankara".
  5. [5]
    Jain 2009, p. 87-88.
  6. [6]
    Shah 1987, p. 163.
  7. [7]
    Zimmer 1953, p. 226.

Sources


Stub icon

This Jainism-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Stub icon

This India-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Naminatha, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.