Type: | Jain |
Deity Of: | 4th Jain Tirthankara |
Venerated In: | Jainism |
Other Names: | Abhinandana Swami |
Symbol: | Monkey |
Color: | Golden |
Father: | Samvara |
Mother: | Siddhārthā |
Height: | 350 dhanusha (1,050 meters) |
Age: | 5,000,000 purva (352.80 Quintillion Years) |
Predecessor: | Sambhavanatha |
Successor: | Sumatinatha |
Birth Place: | Ayodhya |
Moksha Place: | Sammed Shikhar |
Abhinandananatha or Abhinandana Swami was the fourth Tirthankara of the present age (Avasarpini). He is said to have lived for 50 lakh purva. He was born to King Sanvara and Queen Siddhartha at Ayodhya in the Ikshvaku clan. His birth date was the second day of the Magh shukla month of the Indian calendar. According to Jain beliefs, he became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its Karma.
Abhinandananatha or Abhinandana Swami was the fourth Tirthankara of the present age (Avasarpini). He is said to have lived for 50 lakh purva. He was born to King Samvara and Queen Siddhartha at Ayodhya in the Ikshvaku clan. His birth date was the second day of the Magh shukla month of the Indian calendar. He attained Kevala Jnana under priyangu tree. According to Jain beliefs, he became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its Karma. According to Jain tradition, his height was 350 dhanusha (1,050 meters).
Svayambhustotra by Jain monk, Acarya Samantabhadra is the adoration of twenty-four tirthankaras. Its five shlokas (aphorisms) adore the qualities of Abhinandananātha. One such shloka is: Abhinandananatha is associated with Ape emblem, Piyala tree, Yakshesvara and Nayaka Yaksha, and Vajrasrinkala and Kalika Yakshi.