Abhinandananatha


Abhinandananatha or Abhinandana Swami was the fourth Tirthankara of the present age. 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. He is said to have lived for 50 lakh purva. He was born to King Samvara 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. He attained Kevala Jnana under priyangu tree. According to Jain beliefs, he became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its Karma. According to Jain tradition, his height was 350 dhanusha. He is said to have lived for 5,000,000 purva.
Abhinandananatha is said to have been born 10 lakh crore sagara after his predecessor, Sambhavanatha. His successor, Sumatinatha, is said to have been born 9 lakh crore sagara after him.

Adoration

Svayambhustotra by Jain monk, Acarya Samantabhadra is the adoration of twenty-four tirthankaras. Its five shlokas adore the qualities of Abhinandananātha. One such shloka is: Abhinandananatha is associated with Ape emblem, Piyala tree, Yakshesvara and Nayaka Yaksha, and Vajrasrinkala and Kalika Yakshi.

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