Shantinatha

Shantinatha
16th Jain Tirthankara, 5th Chakravartin, 11th Kamadeva

Shantinatha

Seated image of Shantinatha with old Kannada inscription (1200 A.D.) engraved on the pedestal in Shantinatha Basadi, Jinanathapura
Symbol Deer
Height 40 bows (120 metres)
Age over 700 000 years
Color Golden
Spouse Yasomati
Parents
  • Visvasena (father)
  • Achira (mother)
Preceded by Dharmanatha
Succeeded by Kunthunatha
Born Hastinapur
Moksha Shikharji

Shantinatha was the sixteenth Jain Tirthankar of the present age (Avasarpini).[1] Shantinatha was born to King Visvasen and Queen Achira at Hastinapur in the Ikshvaku dynasty. His birth date is the thirteenth day of the Jyest Krishna month of the Indian calendar. He was also a Chakravarti and a Kamadeva. He ascended to throne when he was 25,000 years old.[2] At the age of 50,001 years, he became a Jain Monk and started his penance. According to Jain beliefs, he became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma.

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Literature

Shantinath image at Odegal Basti, Shravanabelagola, Karnataka

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