Sumatinatha
| Sumatinatha | |
|---|---|
| Fifth Jain Tirthankara | |
 Image of Sumatinatha at a Jain temple | |
| Details | |
| Predecessor | Abhinandananatha |
| Successor | Padmaprabha |
| Royalty | |
| Dynasty/Clan | Ikshvaku |
| Family | |
| Parents |
Megharatha (father) Sumangala (mother) |
| Kalyanaka / Important Events | |
| Born |
10222 years ago Ayodhya |
| Moksha place | Shikharji |
| Characteristics/Attributes | |
| Complexion | Golden |
| Symbol | Goose |
| Height | 300 bows (900 meters) |
| Age | 4,000,000 purva (282.24 Quintillion Years Old) |
| Tree | Priyangu |
| Kevalakāla | |
| Yaksha | Tumbru |
| Yakshini | Purusadatta (Dig.) or Mahakali (Sve.) |
| Ganadhara | Vajra, Chamara and Kasyapi |
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Sumatinatha was the fifth Jain Tirthankara of the present age (Avasarpini).[1] Sumatinatha was born to Kshatriya King Megha (Meghaprabha) and Queen Mangala (Sumangala) at Ayodhya in the Ikshvaku dynasty. His birth date was the eighth day of the Vaisakha shukla month of the Hindu calendar.[1]
Tradition
In his previous incarnation, Sumatinatha was an Indra in the Jayanta Vimana.[2] According to Jain beliefs, he became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma.
Adoration
Svayambhustotra by Acharya Samantabhadra is the adoration of twenty-four tirthankaras. Its five slokas (aphorisms) are dedicated to Sumatinātha.[3] Last of which is:
The attributes of existence and non-existence in an object are valid from particular standpoints; the validity of the statement is contingent on the speaker’s choice, at that particular moment, of the attribute that he wishes to bring to the fore as the other attribute is relegated to the background. O Lord Sumatinātha, you had thus explained the reality of substances; may your adoration augment my intellect![4]
See also
Notes
References
- Tukol, T. K. (1980), Compendium of Jainism, Dharwad: University of Karnataka
- Shah, Umakant Premanand (1987), Jaina-Rupa Mandana: Jaina Iconography 1, India: Shakti Malik Abhinav Publications, ISBN 81-7017-208-X
- Jain, Vijay K. (2015), Acarya Samantabhadra’s Svayambhustotra: Adoration of The Twenty-four Tirthankara, Vikalp Printers, ISBN 9788190363976,
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