Kunthunath
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| Kunthu | |
|---|---|
| 17th Jain Tirthankara | |
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| Details | |
| Alternate name: | Kunthunath |
| Historical date: | 10^194 Years Ago |
| Family | |
| Father: | Surya (Sura) |
| Mother: | Sri devi |
| Dynasty: | Ikshvaku |
| Places | |
| Birth: | Hastinapura |
| Nirvana: | Sammed Shikhar |
| Attributes | |
| Colour: | Golden |
| Symbol: | Goat |
| Height: | 35 dhanusha (105 meters) |
| Age At Death: | 95,000 years old |
| Attendant Gods | |
| Yaksha: | Gandharva |
| Yaksini: | Achyuta |
Kunthunath was the seventeenth Jain Tirthankar of the present age (Avasarpini).[1] According to Jain beliefs, he became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma. Kunthunath was born to King Shursen Raja and Queen Srirani Rani at Hastinapur in the Ikshvaku clan.[1] His birth date was the 14th day of the Vaishakh Krishna month of the Indian calendar.
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