Abhinandananatha

Abhinandananatha
4th Jain Tirthankara
Abhinandananatha
4th Tirthankar of Jainism in the present half time cycle
Other namesAbhinandana Swami
Venerated inJainism
PredecessorSambhavanatha
SuccessorSumatinatha
SymbolMonkey
Height350 dhanusha (1,050 meters)
Age5,000,000 purva (352.80 Quintillion Years)
ColorGolden
Genealogy
Born
Died
Parents
  • Samvara (father)
  • Siddhārthā (mother)
DynastyIkṣvākuvaṁśa

Abhinandananatha or Abhinandana Swami was the fourth Tirthankara of the present age (Avasarpini). He is said to have lived for 50 lakh purva. He was born to King Sanvara and Queen Siddhartha at Ayodhya in the Ikshvaku clan. His birth date was the second day of the Magh shukla month of the Indian calendar. According to Jain beliefs, he became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its Karma.

Life

Abhinandananatha or Abhinandana Swami was the fourth Tirthankara of the present age (Avasarpini).[1] He is said to have lived for 50 lakh purva.[2] He was born to King Samvara and Queen Siddhartha at Ayodhya in the Ikshvaku clan.[3] His birth date was the second day of the Magh shukla month of the Indian calendar.[1] He attained Kevala Jnana under priyangu tree.[4] According to Jain beliefs, he became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its Karma.[citation needed] According to Jain tradition, his height was 350 dhanusha (1,050 meters).[5][6] He is said to have lived for 5,000,000 purva.[6]

Abhinandananatha is said to have been born 10 lakh crore sagara after his predecessor, Sambhavanatha.[6] His successor, Sumatinatha, is said to have been born 9 lakh crore sagara after him.[6]

Adoration

Svayambhustotra by Jain monk, Acarya Samantabhadra is the adoration of twenty-four tirthankaras. Its five shlokas (aphorisms) adore the qualities of Abhinandananātha.[7] One such shloka is:

By constantly feeding the body to subdue inflictions like hunger, and by indulging in transient pleasures of the senses, neither the body nor the soul remains unscathed. Such deeds thus benefit neither the body nor the soul; O Lord Abhinandananātha, you had thus expounded the true nature of reality.[8]

Abhinandananatha is associated with Ape emblem, Piyala tree, Yakshesvara and Nayaka Yaksha, and Vajrasrinkala and Kalika Yakshi.[9]

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References

Citations

  1. ^ a b Tukol 1980, p. 31.
  2. ^ Vijay K. Jain 2015, p. 185.
  3. ^ Vijay K. Jain 2015, p. 184.
  4. ^ Krishna & Amirthalingam 2014, p. 46.
  5. ^ Vijay K. Jain 2015, p. 184-185.
  6. ^ a b c d Finegan 1952, p. 190.
  7. ^ Vijay K. Jain 2015, p. 22-24.
  8. ^ Vijay K. Jain 2015, p. 24.
  9. ^ Tandon 2002, p. 44.

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