Naminatha
{{short description|21st Jain Tirthankara}}
{{distinguish|Neminatha}}
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{{Infobox deity
| type = Jain
| image = Tirthankara Naminath.jpg
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| venerated_in = Jainism
| symbol = Blue Water Lily {{sfn|Tandon|2002|p=45}}
| color = Golden
| father = Vijaya
| mother = Vaprā
| height = 15 bows (45 metres){{sfn|Sarasvati|1970|p=444}}
| age = 10,000
| predecessor = Munisuvrata
| successor = Neminatha
| birth_place = Mithila
| moksha_place = Sammed Shikhar
| god_of = 21st Tirthankara
| dynasty = Ikshvaku dynasty
| name = Naminatha
| gender = Male
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Naminatha (Devanagari: नमिनाथ) (Sanskrit: नमिनाथः) was the twenty-first tirthankara of the present half time cycle, Avsarpini. He was born to the King Vijaya and Queen Vipra of the Ikshvaku dynasty. King Vijaya was the ruler of Mithila at that time.{{sfn|Tukol|1980|p=31}} Naminatha lived for 10,000 years.{{Cite web|last=Harshshilvijay, Kulshilvijay|title=24 Characters of Tirthankara|url=https://jainqq.org/explore/006589/186}} When Naminatha was in his mother's womb, Mithila was attacked by a group of powerful kings. The aura of Naminatha forced all the kings to surrender to King Vijaya.{{sfn|Jain|2009|p=87–88}}
Legends
Naminatha was born on the 8th day of Shravan Krishna of the lunisolar Jain calendar. He attained Kevala Jnana under a Bakula tree. He had 17 Ganadhara, Suprabha being the leader.{{sfn|Shah|1987|p=163}} According to Jain tradition, he liberated his soul by destroying all of his karma and attained Moksha from Sammed Shikhar nearly 571,750 years before Neminatha.{{sfn|Zimmer|1953|p=226}} He was preceded by Munisuvrata who is believed to have lived 570,000 years before him.{{sfn|Zimmer|1953|p=226}}
See also
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References
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- {{citation |last=Johnson |first=Helen M. |author-link=Helen Moore Johnson |title=Naminathacaritra (Book 7.11 of the Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra) |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/jainism/book/trishashti-shalaka-purusha-caritra/d/doc214169.html |publisher=Baroda Oriental Institute |date=1931 }}
- {{citation|last=Shah|first=Umakant Premanand|title=Jaina-Rupa Mandana: Jaina Iconography|volume=1|year=1987|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m_y_P4duSXsC|location=India|publisher=Shakti Malik Abhinav Publications|isbn=81-7017-208-X|language=en}}
- {{citation|last=Tukol|first=T. K.|title=Compendium of Jainism|publisher=University of Karnataka|year=1980|location=Dharwad|language=en}}
- {{citation|last=Sarasvati|first=Swami Dayananda|title=An English translation of the Satyarth Prakash|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hy-vBgAAQBAJ|year=1970|publisher=Swami Dayananda Sarasvati}}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- {{citation |last=Zimmer |first=Heinrich |author-link=Heinrich Zimmer |title=Philosophies of India |date=1953 |orig-year=April 1952 |editor=Joseph Campbell |publisher=Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd |location=London |url=https://archive.org/details/Philosophy.of.India.by.Heinrich.Zimmer |isbn=978-81-208-0739-6 |quote={{PD-notice}}|language=en}}
- {{citation |last=Tandon |first=Om Prakash |title=Jaina Shrines in India |publisher=Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India |isbn=81-230-1013-3 |date=2002 |orig-year=1968 |edition=1 |location=New Delhi }}
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