Aranatha
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| 18th Jain Tirthankara | |
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Idol of a Tirthankara | |
| Details | |
| Alternate name: | Aranath |
| Historical date: | 16,584,980 BCE |
| Family | |
| Father: | Sudarsana |
| Mother: | Mitra devi |
| Dynasty: | Ikshvaku |
| Places | |
| Birth: | Hastinapura |
| Nirvana: | Sammed Shikhar |
| Attributes | |
| Colour: | Golden |
| Symbol: | Fish (as per Digambar Sect) Nandavarta (as per Swetember Sect) |
| Height: | 30 dhanusha (90 meters) |
| Age At Death: | 84,000 years old |
| Attendant Gods | |
| Yaksha: | Yakshendra |
| Yaksini: | Dharini |
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Aranath was the eighteenth Jain Tirthankar of the present age (Avasarpini).[1] According to Jain beliefs, he was born around 16,584,980 BCE. He became a siddha - a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma. Aranath was born to King Sudarshan Raja and Queen Devi Rani at Hastinapur in the Ikshvaku clan.[1] His birth date was the 10th day of the Migsar Krishna month of the Indian calendar.
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