Dharmanatha

Dharmanatha
15th Jain Tirthankara

Dharmanatha

Images depicting Dharmanatha (Chandragiri Vatika)
Symbol Vajra
Height 45 bows (135 meters)
Age 2,500,000 years
Color Golden
Parents
  • Bhanu (father)
  • Suvrata (mother)
Preceded by Anantanatha
Succeeded by Shantinatha
Born Ratnapuri
Moksha Shikharji

Dharmanatha was the fifteenth Jain Tirthankara of the present age (Avasarpini). According to Jain beliefs, he became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma. Dharmanath was born to King Bhanu Raja and Queen Suvrata Rani at Ratnapuri in the Ikshvaku dynasty. His birth date was the third day of the Magh Sukla month of the Indian calendar.[1]

Hutheesing Jain Temple, located at Ahmedabad in Gujarat, constructed in 1848 AD, is dedicated to him.

Famous Temple

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Tukol 1980, p. 31.

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