Naminath Bhagwan (21st Tirthankara)

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Naminatha was the twenty-first Jain Tirthankar of the current era. According to Jain beliefs, he was born around 584,979 BCE . He became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma. Naminatha was born to King Vijay Raja and Queen Vipra Rani of the Ikshvakudynasty, who were the rulers of Mithila at that time.His birth date is the 8th day of Shravan Krishna in the Indian calendar.

Previous births

According to Jain tradition, the soul that would one day be the god Bhagavan Naminath purified itself during its incarnation as King Siddharth of the town of Kshambi in eastern Mhavideh. He reincarnated as a god in the Aparajit dimension, and later reincarnated as the child of Queen Vipra and King Vijay.

Life as a Tirthankara

As the queen had seen fourteen auspicious things in her dream at the moment of conception, the augurs declared that the unborn child was going to be a Chkravarti or a Tirthankar.

During Vipra’s pregnancy, Mithila was attacked by a group of powerful kings. Peace-loving King Vijay was at a loss to find a peaceful solution, until an expert augur told the king that the pregnant queen should go to the roof of the palace and look at the attacking armies. The queen followed these instructions and threw a loving glance at the large armies stationed on the fields outside the town. The aura of the pious soul in her womb was so powerful that it cast a pacifying spell on the attackers. The kings, who had been sure of winning the battle, surrendered and bowed before king Vijay.

Naming Ceremony

This incident inspired the king to name his new-born child “Naminath.” Born on the eighth day of the dark (second) half of the month of Sravan, Naminath had a happy childhood. When he matured, he was married and later was given the reign of the kingdom.

Omniscience and Nirvana

After a long and peaceful reign, he became an ascetic on the ninth day of the dark (second) half of the month of Ashadh. After nine months he attained omniscience under a Bakul Tree in a garden near Mithila. His first discourse was on the subject of right perception. After a long period of religious and spiritual activities, he went to Sammetsikhar, where he became liberated on the tenth day of the dark half of the month of Vaishakh.

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Munisuvrata Bhagwan (20th Tirthankara)

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Previous Births of Munisuvrata

The being that was to be Lord Munisuvrat purified its soul during his birth as Surshreshta, the king of Champa city in Mahavideh. area. He had a bend for spiritual practices and in the process of his vigorous devotion for the Arhant, he earned Tirthankar-nam-and-gotra. Completing his age he reincarnated in the Pranat dimension of gods.

Birth of Lord Munisuvrata

From the dimension of gods he descended into the womb of queen Padmavati, wife of king Sumitra raja of Rajgriha. On the third day of Shravna Krishna (according to Hindu Calendar) queen saw the auspicious fourteen (sixteen according to Digambara Jain Sect) dreams. It had been raining. Queen got up, took bath and did her religious activities and went to see the King to understand the meaning of these dreams. King told her excitedly that she was going to give birth to a very pious soul who would become a Tirthankara. On the 10th day of the Vaishakha Krishna month of the Hindu calendar, queen Padmavati gave birth to a son.

Naming Ceremony:-

During the pregnancy queen Padmavati took various vows and lead a life as disciplined as an ascetic. She became a true and strict follower of vows. Accordingly, after the birth the boy was named Munisuvrata (vow like ascetic).

As a Prince and King

When Munisuvrata became young he was married. Later king Sumitra raja gave the kingdom to Munisuvrata and became an ascetic. For some years Arnath ruled as a regional king. King Munisuvrata was an able king. His entire kingdom and neighbours all were under religious influence.

Path of Renunciation

After a long and successful reign, one day emperor Arnath was thinking about the ever changing seasons. This triggered a chain of sublime thoughts that lead to complete detachment. He renounced all the wealth, power and glory and became an ascetic. He did spiritual practices and wandered around.

Omniscience and Nirvana

After spending three years as an ascetic he arrived in the Sahasramra jungle outside Hastinapur and stood in mediation under a mango tree. With the fire of higher meditation he burnt one after another the four vitiating Karmas including illusory, knowledge obstructing, perception obstructing, and power hindering. Consequently he attained omniscience. His first discourse after attaining omniscience was on the subject of “How to win over the enemies like attachment and aversion.”

In this first religious assembly thousands of individuals became ascetics including his 32 chief disciples headed by Kumbh. Spending a long period of twenty one thousand years wandering and promoting religion, he finally arrived at Sammed shikharji and attained liberation.

The sixth and seventh Vasudevas and Baldevas and the eighth Chakravarti (Subhum) were his followers.

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Mallinath Bhagwan (19th Tirthankara)

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In the Aparvideh area there was a city named Vitshoka. It was ruled by a powerful king Mahabal. He was very intimate with six other kings who were his childhood friends. Influenced by discourses of ascetics, king Mahabal decided to follow the spiritual path. he sought opinion of his six childhood friends with the remark-I want to became an ascetic, do you also?

All the six friends replied, “We have been together during both good and bad times. When we have been together during both good and bad times. When we have enjoyed the mundane life in company, it would be shameful if we part company on the spiritual path. We shall become ascetics together and we shall do all spiritual practices together.”

The seven kings took Diksha from Varadharma Muni and started the spiritual practices earnestly. Mahabal was bitten by the bug of ego. he thought, “I have always been ahead of my friends. Now, if I do the same practices I will remain at the same level. As such I should do a little more and be ahead as before.” With this feeling Mahabal started secretly doing more practices than the others. All the seven friends would formally take vow of some specific penance together but when on conclusion, other friends broke their fast, Mahabal would continue his fast on some pretext. The desire to be above the ordinary inspired this competition. As a result of this deception Mahabal feel from the lofty spiritual level he had attained due to his intense practices and acquired the Karma that would result in being born as a woman (Stri-ved). However, as he still maintained the purity and intensity in his practices he later also earned the Tirthankar-nam-and-gotra-karma. All the seven ascetics breathed their last after sixty days fast and mediation. They reincarnated as gods in the Anuttar dimension.

Birth of Mallikumari :-

The being that was Mahabal, leaving the abode of gods, descended into the womb of queen Prabhavati, wife of king Kumbh of Mithila town. During the third month of pregnancy the queen had a desire to sleep on a bed made up of fragrant flowers of five colors and to smell a bouquet of flowers (Malladam) all the time. It is said that if a pious soul resides in the womb all the desires are fulfilled. On the eleventh day of the bright half of he month of Margshirsh the Queen gave birth to a pious and beautiful girl. It was unprecedented that a Tirthankar be born as a girl; everyone was surprised. But even the almighty is helpless when the Karmas precipitate into action.

The mother’s craving for flower bouquet inspired the king to name the girl as Malli Kumari. She was very fond of having a bouquet of flowers. Florists from far and near used to bring attractive and beautiful bouquets to present her and get desired gifts in return. Strange yarns about her infatuation for flowers and bouquets spread all around.

Divine Earings:-

Once a famous and rich merchant, Arhannak, of Champa town, went on a sea voyage with some other people. After earning heaps of wealth when he was returning, a god appeared. In order to test Arhannak’s devotion for his religion, the god created a variety of afflictions. Even in the face of death Arhannak did not yield. His devotion for the path shown by Jina was absolutely unwavering. The god was pleased with this unrelenting determination of Arhannak. He gave the merchant a pair of divine earrings as gift.

On the way back the ship stopped at Mithila. All the merchants went to King Kumbh’s assembly with gifts. Arhannak gifted the divine earnings for Malli Kumari. The king and his ministers became astonished at the divine beauty of these earrings. Once a joint in these earrings broke. king Kumbh called expert goldsmiths to weld this joint but none of the artisans had skill enough to do its work. In annoyance the king exiled many of these artisans. Wherever these artisans went they talked of the divine beauty of Malli Kumari.

Ignorant Artist :-

Once Mallidinna, the younger brother of Malli Kumari, constructed an entertainment room in the palace premises. One of the working artists was highly talented. This artist had a glimpse of a toe of Malli Kumari who was standing behind a lattice. This enable the highly gifted artist to paint a fresco of the princess on a wall of the room. he was under the impression that the prince will be pleased to look at he exact replica of his sister and richly reward him.

When the room was complete, the prince came with his wives to look at and approve the beautiful paintings, some of which were erotic as well. While he was enjoying these works of art, he came across the painting of Malli Kumari. He could not believe what he saw. Ashamed of himself he said, “My elder sister is here and I am shamelessly enjoying these sensual paintings along with my wives.” His governess explained, “Prince, You are mistaken. this is not your sister but her life size portrait.” The prince carefully examined the painting and was astonished at the realistic work of art and the skill o the artist. However the feeling if anger overtook the sense if appreciation. He was annoyed at the mindless effrontery of the artist who had pained such a live portrait of his respected elder sister in the entertainment chamber.

The angry prince called the painter and asked him when and how he saw the princess. The artist humbly submitted, “Sire! I just saw one toe of the princess from behind a lattice. But I am endowed with this miraculous skill that when I start painting even a part of a thing I automatically complete the thing perfectly.”

This explanation did not pacify the prince. He exiled the artist after amputating his right thumb. The vexed artist made another painting of the princess and sold it at a very high price to king Adinshatru of Hastinapur. Adinshatru was attracted towards Malli Kumari, as many others who had heard about her divine beauty.

Discsuision with choksha:-

one day a female mendicant named Choksha came to Mithila. In order to influence the royal family she came to Malli Kumari. choksha was a scholar of Vedas and other scriptures and her interpretation was that keeping the body clean, indulging in charity and the annointment of Tirth (sacred place)were the only religious activities that lead to liberation. She started preaching her ideas to Malli Kumari, who heard all this with patience. When Choksha had nothing more to say, Malli Kumari said in her magnetic voice, “With due respect to your attire, I am surprised at your ignorance, Choksha. Know that every charity is not done with religious or pious intent. Even cleaning the body and annointment of a Tirth are not sacred if they are not done with equanimous and pious feelings or if they cause any destruction of any living organism. A blood stained cloth will never be cleaned by washing it with blood. The basis of religion is a discerning attitude. To an irrational person, even penance causes discomfort and irritation.” This irrefutable logic of Malli Kumari silenced Choksha, but she became angry and decided to take revenge.

Choksha decided that, in order to shatter the pride of this princess it would be best if she could be manipulated into marrying some king who already had many wives. Cooking up her plan, she approached the king of Kampilyapur in Panchal state. She gave a titillating description of the divine beauty of Malli Kumari and provokingly said to the king, “Your life and palace both are lack luster as long as you do not marry and bring this divine beauty to your palace.” King Jitshatru was highly impressed. He decided to seek the hand of Malli Kumari in marriage.

Change of heart of the six kings :-

The six friends of Malli Kumari’s earlier birth were born in six different royal families and inherited the kingdoms. They were:

1. King Pratibuddha of Saketpur,
2. King Chandrachhay of Champa,
3. King Rupi of Shravasti,
4. King Shankh of Varanasi,
5. King Adinshatru of Hastinapur, and
6. King Jitshatru of Panchal (Kampilyapur).

The fame of the beauty of Malli Kumari inspired all these six kings to send proposing kings and returned the emissaries. These kings felt insulted and marched on Mithila with their armies and lay a seize. When king Kumbh got the challenge he became worried. Malli Kumari asked about the cause of her father’s anxiety. Kumbh replied, “Daughter! All these kings want to marry you. My refusal has irked them and they have surrounded Mithila. I am anxious about what I should do now!”

Malli Kumari was already aware of all these activities through her Avadhi Jnan (the capacity to know all about the physical world). She made a plan to enlighten these friends of her last birth. In the palace garden she got a chamber made and in its center installed a life size statue that was her exact replica. It’s inside was hollow and there was an opening hidden under the neck. Six adjacent chambers were also erected around this central circular chamber. These six chambers had windows opening in the main chamber. These windows were so designed that a n onlooker could only see the statue and nothing else. Making all these arrangements, Malli Kumari started putting one handful of the food she ate every day inside the hollow statue.

When the stink of decomposed food, coming out of the statue on opening the lid became intolerable, Malli Kumari went to her father. She said to her father, “Stop worrying, father, and inform the kings individually that I want to meet them to discus about marriage.” The king did likewise. Believing that only he had been invited, everyone of the kings accepted the invitation. At the predetermined time they all came one by one and were led to the six chambers allotted for them separately. From the windows in their chambers each one of them gazed at the divinely beautiful statue considering it to be Mali Kumari. Everyone was dreaming of the marriage and the happy moments thereafter. All of a sudden Malli Kumari removed the concealed cover from the hole in the neck of he statue. The obnoxious smell of decomposed food filled the chambers. The hellish smell hit the peeping kings and they were jolted out of their state of day dreaming. Their faces distorted with revulsion.

Panic stricken, the kings shouted, “What is all this? Why have I been locked in this chamber? It is impossible breath here. Please open the doors.” It was then that Malli Kumari appeared and said, “O slaves of passions! You are totally infatuated with female beauty. A moment ago you were admiring this earthly beauty and were nurturing a desire to possess and enjoy it. Now a hatred for the same is evident on your distorted faces. What sort of love for beauty is this?”

The kings shouted, “Why are you trying to make fools of us? It is impossible to tolerate this stink?” Malli Kumari asked the attendants to open the gates of the chambers. All the six kings rushed out and were surprised to see each other. Finding the right opportunity Malli Kumari said to them, “The stink caused by just a few handfuls of food is intolerable. Mind you, this body is nothing but a statue made of bones and flesh and maintained by the same food. Why such infatuation for such decomposed thing? You are all friends of my last birth. Rise above this infatuation and commence once again the terminted pursuit of purification of the self.”

All the six kings acquired Jati-smaran Jnan, They sought pardon from king Kumbh as well as Malli Kumari. Resolving to follow the path of renunciation they left for their respective kingdoms.

Malli Kumari also announced her decision to become an ascetic. After the great charity she became an ascetic along with three hundred males and equal number of females. Immediately after her Diksha, she acquired Vipulmati Manahparyav Jnan (the ultimate Pra normal capacity and started deep meditation. The same afternoon she attained omniscience. In her first discourse she discussed on the subject of philosophy of equanimity. The six kings took Diksha during this first discourse. After enhancing the spread of religion for a long period she attained Nirvana on the fourth day of the bright half of the month of Chaitra at Sammetshikhar.

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Arnath Bhagwan (18th Tirthankara)

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Bhagvan Arnath dev: was born in Gajpur/Hastinapur, on 10th day of the bright half of the month of Margshirsh . His father name was Sudarshan and Mother name was Maha Devi. After long span of life time ,he took diksha 11th day of the bright half of the month of Margshirsh along with 1000 other men’s.

After 3 years of diksha and worldly life abandonment Lord Arnath attained (kevalgyan )salvation on 12th day of the bright half of the month of Karthik and constellation of Revati .

On the 10th day of the bright half of the month of Margshirsh , Bhagwan Arnath , along with other 1000 saints was liberated and attained nirvana on Sammet Shikhar (mountain).

Bhagwan Arnath lived for 84000 years of which he spent 21000years as an ascetics and 3 years of Meditation and Spiritual Practices (sahdana/tap).

It is believed that Arnath prabhu was 30 measure of bow(at that time unit of measurement was bow i.e. bow of bow & arrow) in height.

Naming Ceremony of Lord Arnath:-

Besides the fourteen (sixteen according to the digamabar jain beliefs) great dreams that precede the conception of a Tirthankar, queen Mitra Devi also saw a gem studded wheel (Arah). Accordingly, after the birth the boy was named Arah Kumar.

Lord Arnath As a Prince and King:-

When Ara Kumar became young he was married to many beautiful princesses. Later king Sudarshan gave the kingdom to Ara Kumar and became an ascetic. For some years Arnath ruled as a regional king. Gradually his power and glory increased. Soon the disc weapon “Chakra” appeared in his armory and he proceeded to conquer the world with his mighty army. He conquered the six continents and became a Chakravarti. In his attendance were thirty two thousand kings.

Path of Renunciation

After a long and successful reign, one day emperor Arnath was thinking about the ever changing seasons. This triggered a chain of sublime thoughts that lead to complete detachment. He renounced all the wealth, power and glory and became an ascetic. He did spiritual practices and wandered around.

Omniscience and Nirvana

After spending three years as an ascetic he arrived in the Sahasramra jungle outside Hastinapur and stood in mediation under a mango tree. With the fire of higher meditation he burnt one after another the four vitiating Karmas including illusory, knowledge obstructing, perception obstructing, and power hindering. Consequently he attained omniscience. His first discourse after attaining omniscience was on the subject of “How to win over the enemies like attachment and aversion.”

In this first religious assembly thousands of individuals became ascetics including his 32 chief disciples headed by Kumbh. Spending a long period of twenty one thousand years wandering and promoting religion, he finally arrived at Sammed shikharji and attained liberation.

The sixth and seventh Vasudevas and Baldevas and the eighth Chakravarti (Subhum) were his followers.

Bhagwan Arnath lived for 84000 years of which he spent 21000years as an ascetics and 3 years of Meditation and Spiritual Practices (sahdana/tap).It is believed that Arnath prabhu was 30 measure of bow(at that time unit of measurement was bow i.e. bow of bow & arrow) in height.

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Kunthunath Bhagwan (17th Tirthankara)

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Bhagvan Kunthunath dev: was born in Gajpur/Hastinapur, on 14th day of the dark half of the month of Vaishak. His father name was King Shursen and Mother name was Shri Devi. After long span of life time ,he took diksha 5th day of the dark half of the month of Vaishak along with 1000 other men’s.

After 16years of diksha and worldly life abandonment Lord Kunthunath attained (kevalgyan ) salvation on 3rd day of the dark half of the month of Chaitra and constellation of Krithika.

On the 1st day of the dark half of the month of Vaishak , Bhagwan Kunthunath , along with other 1000 saints was liberated and attained nirvana on Sammet Shikhar (mountain).

Bhagwan Kunthunath lived for 15000 years of which he spent 23750years as an ascetics and 16 years of Meditation and Spiritual Practices (sahdana/tap).

It is believed that Kunthunath prabhu was 35 measure of bow(at that time unit of measurement was bow i.e. bow of bow & arrow) in height.

Previous birth of Lord Kunthunath:- The name of the powerful and illustrious king of Khadgi town in Purva Mahavideh area was Simhavaha. He was a very devoted and religious person when his son became young and capable, he handed over his kingdom to the son and took Diksha from Samvaracharya. As a result of his vigorous penance and devotion for the Arhat, he earned the Tirthankar-nam-and gotra-karma. Completing his age he reincarnated in the Sarvarthsiddha dimension of gods.

Birth of Lord Kunthunath:- From the dimension of gods he descended into the womb of queen Shri Devi, wife of king Shursen of Hastinapur. During her pregnancy the queen saw a heap of gemstones known as Kunthu in her dreams. This inspired the king to name him Kunthu Kumar. The pious deeds of earlier birth resulted in unlimited power and grandeur for Kunthu Kumar.

Life as a King:- After Shursen became an ascetic, Kunthu Kumar ascended the throne. Soon the disc weapon appeared in his armory and he proceeded to conquer the world with his mighty army. Without any confrontation all the kings accepted his sovereignty and Kunthunath became a Chakravarti. Many mighty kings and princes used to be present in his court all the time. After a long and peaceful reign of twenty three thousand seven hundred and fifty years he became an ascetic along with one thousand kings immediately after Diksha he acquired Manahparyav Jnan.

Omniscience and Nirvana:-

He spent sixteen years as an ordinary ascetic. Indulging in penances and other spiritual practices, he attained omniscience on the third day of the bright half of the month of Chaitra under a Tilak tree in Sahasramara jungle outside Hastinapur. His first discourse was on the subject of “inner purity”.

As an omniscient ascetic Kunthunath wandered around and preached true religion for a very long period. He then went to Sammetshikhar and observed a month long fast before breathing his last. His followers were deeply devoted to him. As such, a large crowd was present at the moment of his Nirvana and cremation ceremony. They witnessed the ceremony with heavy hearts and tear filled eyes. The mortal remains of Bhagavan Kunthunath were taken away by the gods for worship

Bhagwan Kunthunath lived for 15000 years of which he spent 23750years as an ascetics and 16 years of Meditation and Spiritual Practices (sahdana/tap).It is believed that Kunthunath prabhu was 35 measure of bow(at that time unit of measurement was bow i.e. bow of bow & arrow) in height.

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Shantinath Bhagwan (16th Tirthankara)

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Lord Shantinath was the 16th Tirthankar (Ford-maker) of present era in Jainism. Shantinath was born to King Viswasen Raja and Queen Achira Rani at Hastinapur in the Ikshvaku clan. His birth date is the thirteen day of the Jyest Krishna month of the Indian calendar.

Previous Birth of Lord Shantinath:-

1.   Kind Shrishen
2.   Birth as a Celestial Being
3.   Shriprabhdev
4.   Amittej Vidyadhar
5.   A Celestial Being
6.   Aparajit Baldev
7.   In the Achyut Celestial World
8.   Vajrayudh Chakravarti
9.    In the Graiveyak dimension
10.   Meghrath
11.   In the Sarvarthasiddha dimension
12.   Lord Shantinath.

The 10th Birth of King Meghrath:-

According to Jain Cosmology this Universe is divided into three realms. The upper realm is constituted of 12 Celestial Worlds. We live in the middle realm which contains billions of galaxies (dweep). The lower realm is constituted of seven hells. The souls that reside in the upper realm are powerful than us (from absolute perspective all souls are alike but because of virtuous karma many souls take birth in the celestial worlds). The celestial beings can do things which we can’t.

Meghrath was a benevolent and religious ruler. He was compassionate and protected all living things. Being a Kshatriya and a warrior he had the chivalry to sacrifice all he had in order to protect those in trouble. One day while observing the partial renunciation vow (Paushadh) he was about to start a discourse on the religion propagated by the Tirthankars. All of a sudden a pigeon, trembling with fear, fell in his lap and uttered in choking human voice, “Save me, O king! Give me refuge; take me under your protection!” The compassionate king comforted the bird and took it under his protection. The pigeon was followed by a falcon who too uttered in human language, “O king! This pigeon is my food, leave it alone.” The king tried to explain, “It has taken refuge with me, as such I am duty bound to protect it. I will give you any type of food you want; why kill a living thing just to fill your stomach?” The falcon insisted, “If you will not leave it I may die of hunger. I am a carnivore; who will provide me food. If I die, you will be responsible and bear the sin.” When the falcon did not yield, Meghrath said at last, “O falcon! As long as I exist, I will not allow you to die. I will cut out flesh from my body equivalent to the weight of this little pigeon and give it to you. You may satisfy your urge to eat. But under no circumstance I shall allow you to kill the bird that has taken refuge with me.” The falcon agreed to this proposal and the king put the pigeon in one pan of balance and in the other started putting pieces of flesh cut out from his own body. Surprisingly, the weight of the pigeon continued to increase as the king went on putting his flesh in the pan. Witnessing this pathetic scene, the queens and the members of the assembly were moved to tears. They requested the king not to sacrifice his precious life for a mere pigeon. The falcon, was also requested relent but he too declined. The king continued to cut flesh from his body and put it in the pan of the balance. At last, when the pieces of flesh were not enough, the king got up from his seat and sat down in the pan. Everyone present was dumb struck at this lofty compassion and chivalry displayed by the king. Suddenly there was a flesh of divine light and a divine personage appeared. The pigeon and the falcon disappeared. The god addressed the king, “Maharaj! The king of gods was praising your compassion and courage, in his assembly. I could not contain myself and came around to test you myself. All this was my creation. You come out with flying colors. You are worthy of the praise bestowed on you by the King of gods. Please forgive me.” The god filled Meghrath’s wounds instantaneously and left for his abode. Whenever there is a talk about chivalry and compassion king Meghrath’s name is taken with respect.

Disturbed by the miseries of the mundane life, one day king Meghrath was doing mediation. He transcended to a very high level of purity. Knowing about this uncommon purity and determination of Meghrath the king of gods bowed to him with reverence, “My salutations to you O citizen Yogi! There are but a few in this world who could reach this level of detachment and purity.” Two senior consorts of Indra, Surup and Atirup did not like this gesture of praise of a mere human. They both came to disturb the meditation of Meghrath. They made several beautiful and voluptuous damsels appear before the king. These beauties tried to disturb Meghrath by a display of dances and inviting gestures. When these night long seductive afflictions failed to disturb king Meghrath, the goddesses, before returning to their abode, appeared themselves and asked the king to forgive them. King Meghrath, then, crowned his son and took Diksha from Arhat Dhanrath. Due to his increasing purity in meditation in the face of many afflictions, he earned the Tirthankar-nam-and-gotra-karma. Completing his age he reincarnated in the Sarvarthsiddha dimension.

Birth of Lord Shantinath:-

From the Sarvarth Siddha Dimention of the heavenly realm, the being that was Meghrath descended into the womb of queen Achira, wife of king Vishvasen of Ikshvaku clan and ruler of Hastinapur. On the thirteenth day of the dark half of the month of Jyeshta the queen gave birth to the great and illustrious son. The whole universe, including even the hell, was pervaded by a soothing glow and a feeling of joy and happiness. Due to the pacifying influence during the period of pregnancy, the new born was named Shanti Kumar (Shanti = Peace). When he came of age he was married to several beautiful princesses.

The Sovereign King Shantinath. After a few years king Shantinath got a son who was named Chakrayudh. Several years later, the divine disc weapon appeared in the armory. When the traditional worship rituals of this weapon were concluded, it started moving toward the east on its own. Shantinath followed the Chakra with his armed forces. Most of the kings on the way surrendered. After defeating the remaining few Shantinath became a Chakravarti (A Sovereign King).

Renunciation and spiritual practice of Lord Shantinath:-

Slowly and steadily all his Karmas to live in palace and rule as a king was over. He realized the real purpose of his life, his ultimate goal to be achieved in this very life span. He handed over the responsibilities of the kingdom to his son Chakrayudh.

For the entire year from that time, he distributed wealth among the people. One day, along with thousand other kings, he came out of the palace, removed his hair with his fist, uttered, “Namo Siddhanam” (I bow down to all liberated souls) and became an ascetic.

He went roaming place to place and meditating. Lots of problems came in his path but they all had to surrender to Lord Shantinath’s feet. Due to his pacifying glow of compassion all the animals around him used to come near him and sit peacefully. For one long year, Lord Shantinath did hard practices and remained engrossed in meditateion to realize the self.

Omniscience and Nirvana:-

After wandering as an ascetic for one year he returned to the same jungle of Hastinapur Town, where he had taken renunciation. There on the ninth day of the bright half of the month of Paush, while meditating under a Nandi Tree, Lord Shantinath attained Omniscience. His first discourse was on the subject of disciplining the senses. In his first religious discourse his son, mother, wife, all the people of Hastinapur and many people from all around came. Under the influence of the Pravachan Chakrayudh also took diksha (renunciation) and started his journey towards Moksha in the end.

He came to the Sammet Shikhar after a long period of preaching and propagating true religion. There, along with nine hundred other Omniscient ascetics, Lord Shantinath started his final meditation to shed the non-destructive karma. On the thirteenth day of the dark half of the month of Jyeshtha Lord Shantinath attained Nirvana.

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Dhramnath Bhagwan (15th Tirthankara)

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Bhagvan Dharmnath dev: was born in Ratnapur, on the third day of the bright half of the month of Magh . His father name was King Bhanu and Mother name was Suvrata Devi. After long span of life time, he took diksha on the 13th day of the bright half of the month of Magh along with 1000 other men’s.

After two years of diksha and worldly life abandonment Lord Dharmnath attained (kevalgyan ) salvation on the 15th day of the bright half of the month of Paush and constellation of Pushpa.

On the 5th day of the bright half of the month of Jaisthaya, Bhagwan Dharmnath, along with other 108 saints was liberated and attained nirvana on Sammet Shikhar (mountain).

Bhagwan Dharmnath lived for 10 lakh years of which he spent 2.5 lakh years as an ascetics and two years of Meditation and Spiritual Practices.

It is believed that Dharmnath prabhu was 45 measure/unit of bow(at that time unit of measurement was bow i.e. bow of bow & arrow) in height.

Previous life of Dharmnath Bhagwan:-
The being that was to become Bhagavan Dharmnath was king Dridhrath of Bhaddilpur in Mahavideh area, in its earlier incarnation. Although he had enormous wealth and a large kingdom, he led a detached and pious life like a lotus in a pond. Even great saints praised him as the embodiment of religion. During the later part of his life king Dridhrath became an ascetic and as a result of his unblemished character and sincere spiritual practices he earned the Tirthankar-nam-and-gotra-karma. Completing his age he reincarnated as a god in the Vaijayant dimension.

Life as Tirthankara:-

This being then descended into the womb of queen Suvrata, wife of king Bhanuraja of Ratnapur. During the pregnancy the queen devoted all her time in religious activities. Even the king and all other members of the family were inclined to devote maximum time to various religious activities like charity, righteousness, penances, studies etc. On the third day of the bright half of the month of Magh a son was born to the queen. Due to the religious influence during the pregnancy period, the king gave him the name Dharmnath. In due course he became young, was married and then ascended the throne. He ruled successfully for a long period. One day he terminated all worldly attachments and became and ascetic. After two years of spiritual practices he became omniscient. His first religious discourse was attended by the fifth Vasudev Purush Simha and Sudarshan Baldev. In his first discourse he mainly dealt with the subject of form and ill effects of passions. A large audience was benefited by this eloquent discourse. At last he went to Sammetshikhar and got Nirvana. Bhagwan Dharmnath lived for 10 lakh years of which he spent 2.5 lakh years as an ascetics and two years of Meditation and Spiritual Practices.

It is believed that Dharmnath prabhu was 45 measure/unit of bow(at that time unit of measurement was bow i.e. bow of bow & arrow) in height.

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Anantnath Bhagwan (14th Tirthankara)

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Bhagwan Anantnath dev was born in Ayodhya, on thirteenth day of the dark half of the month of Vaishaka. His father name was Sihansen and Mother name was Suyasa. After long span of life time,he took diksha 14th day of the dark half of the month of Vaishaka along with 1000 other men’s.

After 3years of diksha and worldly life abandonment Lord Anantnath attained (kevalgyan ) salvation on 14th of the dark half of the month of Vaishaka and constellation of Revati.

On the 5th day of the bright half of the month of Chaitra, Bhagwan Anantnath, along with other 7000 saints was liberated and attained nirvana on Sammet Shikhar (mountain).

Bhagwan Anantnath lived for 30 lakh years of which he spent 7.5 lakh years as an ascetics and 3 years of Meditation and Spiritual Practices (sadhana/tap).

It is believed that Anantnath prabhu was 50 measure of bow(at that time unit of measurement was bow i.e. bow of bow & arrow) in height.

Previous Birth of Lord Anantnath:- King of Arishtha town in Dhatkikhand was well known for his beauty, personality and bravery. All beautiful ladies were his fan. But he had a bend for spiritual practices and took diksha from Acharya Chitraaksh. He had purified his soul to a high extends in his life. Because of this he reincarnated in the Pushpotar dimension of gods. It was from here that this soul traveled all the way to the Earth to the womb of Suyasha Devi and came to this Earth as a Tirthankar to achieve the ultimate freedom.

Birth of Lord Anantnath:-
It was early in the morning and the entire Ayodhya kingdom was under the heavy showers of the rain. King Simhasena was sitting in his deep thoughts and thinking about endless questions which were coming in his mind. Queen Suyasha came behind and greeted the King. Her face also revealed as if she is also carrying lots of questions in her mind. On asking, queen told the king that early that morning she saw a chain of fourteen things and since then an endless series of questions are arising in her mind. King Simhasena told that it was a sure sort sign that she was going to give birth to a son who will be the light in dark, a savior, a ruler of hearts, a spiritual leader, a person having endless knowledge and endless qualities. During the pregnancy the queen dreamt of a very long strands of beeds whose ends were not visible – endless. The power of the king also increased manifolds during the period. On the thirteenth day of the dark half of the month of Vaishakh, queen Suyasha gave birth to this great divine power. The boy was named ‘Anant nath’ – the endless.

Lord Anantnath as a prince and king:-

Time passed by and small Anantnath became Young. One day king Simhasena thought of handling over the responsibilities of the kingdom to Anantnath and go on the path meditation and Tap and try to achieve Moksha. He did the same and disappeared in the jungles.

As a king King Anantnath was famous all over. Many kings came to him for advise and help. He use to solve various problems of many nations. But most of his time was spent in a place near sea shore in meditation.

Diksha of Lord Anantnath:- One day while in his deep thoughts he saw everything of his past life and that was the time he felt as if they are requesting him to take Diksha and spread the light of knowledge everywhere and do some good to the humanity. The doors of this mind opened and he realized his true purpose to come on the Earth. For the entire year from that time, he distributed wealth among the people. One day, along with thousand other kings, he came out of the palace, removed his hair with his fist, uttered, “Namo Siddhanam” and became an ascetic.

Omniscience and Nirvana:- After three years of spiritual practices he reached Ayodhya again and there under an Ashoka Tree he attained omniscience on the fourteenth day of the dark half of the month of Vaishakh Bhangvan Anantnath got Nirvan at Sammetshikhar on the fifth day of the bright half of the month of Chaitra.

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Vimalnath Bhagwan ( 13th Tirthankara)

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Lord Vimalnath:-

 lord Vimalnath dev was born in Kampilpur, on 3rd day of the bright half of the month of Magh. His father name was Kritvarma and Mother name was Shyama Devi. After long span of life time, he took diksha 4th day of the bright half of the month of Magh along with 1000 other men’s.

After two months of diksha and worldly life abandonment Lord Vimalnath attained (kevalgyan ) salvation on 6th day of the bright half of the month of Paush and constellation of Uttar Bhadrapad.

On the 7th day of the dark half of the month of Aashaadh, Bhagwan Vimalnath, along with other 6000 saints was liberated and attained nirvana on Sammet Shikhar (mountain).

Bhagwan Vimalnath lived for 60 lakh years of which he spent 15 lakh as an ascetics and 2 months of Meditation and Spiritual Practices (sadhana/tap).

It is believed that Vimalnath prabhu was 60 measure of bow(at that time unit of measurement was bow i.e. bow of bow & arrow) in height.

Birth of Lord Vimalnath:-

King Kritvarma and queen Shyanan Devi of Kampilpur were both spiritualists and devotees of the Jina. The queen one day saw fourteen auspicious things in her dream and the augurs announced that she will give birth to a Tirthankar. It was the pious soul that in its earlier birth was king Padmasen of Mahapuri town in Datakikhand and had descended into the queens womb from the Mahardhik dimension of gods.

During her pregnancy the queen radiated a soothing glow. Her temperature also became congenial, kind, and generous. When the child was born the whole atmosphere was also filled with a soothing glow. Inspired by this spread of purity, the king named his new born son as Vimal (pure/untarnished).

Life as Tirthankara:-

In due course, prince Vimal Kumar became young, was married, and then ascended the throne. After a long and successful reign he became a Shraman along with one thousand other kings and princes on the fourth day of the bright half of the month of Magh. After two years of spiritual practices he attained omniscience and established the religious ford. Merak Prativasudev, Svayambhu Vasudev, and Bhadra Baldev were his contemporaries.

Bhagavan Vimalnath got Nirvana at Sammetshikhar on the seventh day of the dark half of the month of Ashadh. Bhagwan Vimalnath lived for 60 lakh years of which he spent 15 lakh as an ascetics and 2 months of Meditation and Spiritual Practices (sadhana/tap).

It is believed that Vimalnath prabhu was 60 measure of bow(at that time unit of measurement was bow i.e. bow of bow & arrow) in height.

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Vasupujya Bhagwan (12th Tirthankara)

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Lord Vasupujya:- King Padmottar ruled over Mangalavati town of Ardhapushkar island. He was a person devoted to spiritual pursuits. In later part of his life he took Diksha from Acharya Vajranabh. Reducing the tarnish of Karma by penance and spiritual practices he earned the Tirthankar-nam-and-gotra-karma and incarnated as a god in the Pranat dimension.

Birth of Lord Vasupujya :-

Vasupujya (Father of Vasupujya Bhagwan) was the king of Champa town in the Bharat sub-continent. His queen was Jaya Devi. Besides being a great warrior King Vasupujya was a compassionate and charitable person. The queen too was benevolent and she inspired the king in his charitable activities.

The being that was Padmottar was born to queen Jaya Devi. It is said that when the queen was pregnant, the king of gods came to convey his veneration to the future Tirthankar and his mother. As Indra is also known as Vasu, the new born was named Vasupujya (venerated by Vasu).

Life as Tirthankara:-

As Vasupujya grew, so grew his inherent detachment and apathy for mundane affairs. He had no attraction for the regal splendor and grandeur. When he became young his parents wanted him to marry but he declined. He even conveyed that he had no intention of ascending the throne. In spite of all persuasions from his family members, he renounced the worldly life and became a Shraman on the fifteenth day of he dark half of the month of Phalgun along with six hundred other persons.

The intensity of his spiritual practices was so deep that he became an omniscient within one month. At that moment he was practicing under a Patal tree in a garden outside Champa town. He established the four pronged religious ford and preached for a long period.

The second Vasudev, Dwiprishtaha, was his devotee. He and his brother Baldev Shrivijay conquered Prativasudev Tark and brought his oppressive rule to an end. Shrivijay later joined the ascetic order of Bhagavan Vasupujya.

Bhagavan Vasupujya got Nirvana in Champa town on the fourteenth day of the bright half of the month of Ashadh. Bhagwan Vasupujya lived for 72 lakh years of which he spent 54 lakh years as an ascetics and 1 month years of Meditation and Spiritual Practices (sahdana/tap).

It is believed that Vasupujya prabhu was 70 measure of bow(at that time unit of measurement was bow i.e. bow of bow & arrow) in height.

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