Siddhartha of Kundagrama
| Siddhartha | |
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 King Siddhartha instructs his courtiers to summon astrologers to interpret the dreams of his wife Trishala, Kalpa Sutra, 1503. | |
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| Dynasty/Clan | Ikshvaku[1] |
| Family | |
| Spouse | Trishala |
| Children | Mahavira |
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Siddartha was the father of Mahavira, the 24th and last Jain Tirthankara. He was a Kshatriya from Ikshvaku dynasty[1] and the ruler of the Nata, or Jnatri clan in Kshatriyakundagrama, a suburb of Vaishali (Basarh in modern-day Bihar). Some sources believe his wife to have been Devananda, a Brahmin, while other traditional sources name his wife as the Kshatriya, Trishala (also known as Videhadinna or Priyakarni).[2]
The parents of Tirthankaras are worshipped among Jains.[3]
References
- ↑ "Mahavira, Jaina teacher". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ↑ Shah 1987, p. 47.
Bibliography
- Shah, Umakant Premanand (1987), Jaina-Rupa Mandana: Jaina Iconography 1, India: Shakti Malik Abhinav Publications, ISBN 81-7017-208-X
- Sunavala, A.J. (1934), Adarsha Sadhu: An Ideal Monk. (First paperback edition, 2014 ed.), Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9781107623866, retrieved 1 September 2015
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