Sambhavanatha

Sambhavanatha
3rd Jain Tirthankara

Sambhavanatha

Image of Tirthankara Sambhavnatha at Gwalior Fort museum
Details
Predecessor Ajitanatha
Successor Abhinandananatha
Royalty
Dynasty/Clan Ikshvaku
Predecessor Jitārī
Family
Parents Jitārī (father)
Susena (mother)
Kalyanaka / Important Events
Chyavana date Fagan Sud 8
Chyavana place Sravasti
Born Magsar Sud 14, 2 x 10223 Years Ago
Sravasti
Diksha date Magasar Sud 15
Diksha place Sravasti
Kevalgyan date Asho Vad 5
Kevalgyan place Sravasti
Moksha date Chaitra Sud 5
Moksha place Sammed Shikhar
Characteristics/Attributes
Complexion Golden
Symbol Horse
Height 400 dhanusa (1,200 meters)[1]
Age 6,000,000 purva (423.360 Quintillion Years Old)
Kevalakāla
Yaksha Trimukh
Yakshini Duritari
Ganadhara Charu and Syama

Sambhavanath was the third tirthankar (omniscient Jain teacher) of the present age (Avasarpini).[2] Sambhavanatha was born to King Jitārī and Queen Susena at Sravasti.[1][3] in the Ikshvaku dynasty.[2] His birth date was the fourteenth day of the Margshrsha shukla month of the Indian calendar. According to Jain beliefs, he became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma.

Prayer

Svayambhustotra by Acarya Samantabhadra is the adoration of twenty-four tirthankaras. Its five slokas (aphorisms) adore the qualities of Sambhavanātha.[4]

O Lord Sambhavanātha! The worldly life appears to be transient, without a protector, sullied with the blemishes of pride and delusion, and tormented by birth, old-age and death. You had helped worldly souls attain ambrosial happiness by ridding these of the karmic dirt.
Svayambhustotra (3-2-12)[5]

See also

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Notes

  1. 1 2 Jain 2015, p. 183.
  2. 1 2 Tukol, T. K. (1980). Compendium of Jainism. Dharwad: University of Karnataka. p.31
  3. "SRAVASTI".
  4. Jain 2015, p. 16-19.
  5. Jain 2015, p. 17.

References


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