Abhinandananatha

Abhinandananatha
4th Jain Tirthankara

Abhinandananatha

Abhinandananath Jina
Details
Alternate name(s) Abhinandan Swami
Predecessor Sambhavanatha
Successor Sumatinatha
Royalty
Dynasty/Clan Ikshvaku
Family
Father Samvara
Mother Queen Siddhartha[1]
Kalyanaka / Important Events
Chyavana date Vaisakh Sud 4
Chyavana place Ayodhya
Born Maha Sud 2, 10223 Years Ago
Ayodhya
Diksha date Maha Sud 12
Diksha place Ayodhya
Kevalgyan date Posh Sud 14
Kevalgyan place Ayodhya
Moksha date Vaisakh Sud 8
Moksha place Sammed Shikhar
Characteristics/Attributes
Complexion Golden
Symbol Monkey
Height 350 dhanusha (1,050 meters)[2]
Age 5,000,000 purva (352.80 Quintillion Years)
Attendant Gods
Yaksha Ishwar
Yakshini Kali
Ganadhara Vajranabha and Ajita

Abhinandannatha or Abhinandan Swami was the fourth Tirthankara of the present age (Avasarpini).[3] Abhinandananātha is said to have lived for 50 lakh purva.[4] Abhinandannath was born to King Sanvara Raja and Queen Sidharta Rani at Ayodhya in the Ikshvaku clan. His birth date was the second day of the Magh shukla month of the Indian calendar.[3] According to Jain beliefs, he became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its Karma.

Adoration

Abhinandannath Tonk, Shikharji
Footprint at Abhinandananath Tonk, Shikharji

Svayambhustotra by Jain monk, Acarya Samantabhadra is the adoration of twenty-four tirthankaras. Its five slokas (aphorisms) adore the qualities of Abhinandananātha.[5] One such sloka is:

“ By constantly feeding the body to subdue inflictions like hunger, and by indulging in transient pleasures of the senses, neither the body nor the soul remains unscathed. Such deeds thus benefit neither the body nor the soul; O Lord Abhinandananātha, you had thus expounded the true nature of reality.[6] ”

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Jain 2015, p. 184.
  2. ↑ Jain 2015, p. 184-185.
  3. 1 2 Tukol, T. K. (1980). Compendium of Jainism. Dharwad: University of Karnataka. p.31
  4. ↑ Jain 2015, p. 185.
  5. ↑ Jain 2015, p. 22-24.
  6. ↑ Jain 2015, p. 24.

References

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