Sambhavanatha

Third Tirthankara in Jainism
  • Jitārī (father)
  • Susenā (mother)

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Sambhavanatha was the third Jain tirthankara (omniscient teaching god) of the present age (Avasarpini). Sambhavanatha was born to King Jitari and Queen Susena at Shravasti. His birth date was the fourteenth day of the Margshrsha shukla month of the Indian calendar. Like all arihant (omniscient beings), Sambhavanatha at the end of his life destroyed all associated karmas and attained moksha (liberation).

Life

Sambhavanatha was the third tirthankara (omniscient Jain teacher) of the present age (Avasarpini).[1] He was born to King Jitārī and Queen Susena at Sravasti.[2][3] in the Ikshvaku dynasty.[1] His height was 400 dhanusa (1,200 meters).[2] Sambavanatha is associated with Horse emblem, Sala tree,[4] Trimukha (three-faced) Yaksha and Prajnapthi & Duritari Yakshi.[5]

According to Jain text Uttarapurāṇa, Sambhavanatha possessed three types of knowledge from birth.[6]

Prayer

Svayambhustotra by Acarya Samantabhadra is the adoration of twenty-four tirthankaras. Its five slokas (aphorisms) adore the qualities of Sambhavanātha.[7]

O Lord Sambhavanātha! The worldly life appears to be transient, without a protector, sullied with the blemishes of pride and delusion, and tormented by birth, old-age and death. You had helped worldly souls attain ambrosial happiness by ridding these of the karmic dirt.

— Svayambhustotra (3-2-12)[8]

Main Temples

  • Image of Tirthankara Sambhavnatha at Gujari Mahal Archaeological Museum
    Image of Tirthankara Sambhavnatha at Gujari Mahal Archaeological Museum
  • Lord Sumatinatha and Lord Sambhavnatha at Ranthambore Fort
    Lord Sumatinatha and Lord Sambhavnatha at Ranthambore Fort
  • Sambhabnath Temple, Madhuban
    Sambhabnath Temple, Madhuban
  • Ruins Shobhnath temple, Shravasti, believed to be birthplace of Sambhavanath
    Ruins Shobhnath temple, Shravasti, believed to be birthplace of Sambhavanath

See also

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Notes

  1. ^ a b Tukol 1980, p. 31.
  2. ^ a b Vijay K. Jain 2015, p. 183.
  3. ^ "Sravasti", asiexbrpatna.bih.nic.in
  4. ^ Krishna & Amirthalingam 2014, p. 46.
  5. ^ Tandon 2002, p. 44.
  6. ^ Jain 2015, p. 15.
  7. ^ Vijay K. Jain 2015, p. 16-19.
  8. ^ Vijay K. Jain 2015, p. 17.

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