Sumatinatha
{{Short description|5th Tirthankara in Jainism}}
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| type = Jain
| deity_of = 5th Jain Tirthankara
| image = File:Tirtankara Sumatinatha.jpg
| caption = Tirtankara Sumatinatha at Vile Parle, Mumbai
| alt = Sumatinatha
| venerated_in = Jainism
| symbol = Goose
| color = Golden
| father = Megharatha
| mother = Mangalāvatī
| height = 300 bows (900 meters)
| age = 4,000,000 purva (282.24 Quintillion Years Old)
| tree = Priyangu
| predecessor = Abhinandananatha
| successor = Padmaprabha
| birth_place = Ayodhya
| moksha_place = Sammed Shikhar
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Sumatinatha was the fifth Jain Tirthankara of the present age (Avasarpini). Sumatinatha was born to a Kshatriya King Megha (Megharatha) and Queen Mangalavati (Sumangalavati) at Ayodhya in the Ikshvaku dynasty. His Janma Kalyanak (birthday) was the eighth day of the Vaisakha Sudi month of the Jain calendar.
Tradition
Sumatinatha was the fifth Jain Tirthankara of the present age (Avasarpini).{{sfn|Tukol|1980|p=31}} Sumatinatha was born to Kshatriya King Megha (Meghaprabha) and Queen Mangala (Sumangala) at Ayodhya in the Ikshvaku dynasty. His birth date was the eighth day of the Vaisakha Sudi month of the Jain calendar.{{sfn|Tukol|1980|p=31}}
He attained Kevala Jnana under sala or priyangu tree.{{sfn|Krishna|Amirthalingam|2014|p=46}} He became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma. Sumithanatha is associated with Heron (Krauncha) emblem, Priyangu tree, Tumburu (Purushadatta) Yaksha and Mahakala Yakshi.{{sfn|Tandon|2002|p=44}}
In his previous incarnation, Sumatinatha was an Indra in the Jayanta Vimana.{{sfn|Umakant P. Shah|1987|p=136}}
Adoration
Svayambhustotra by Acharya Samantabhadra is the adoration of twenty-four tirthankaras. Its five slokas (aphorisms) are dedicated to Sumatinātha.{{sfn|Vijay K. Jain|2015|p=28-35}} Last of which is: {{blockquote|The attributes of existence and non-existence in an object are valid from particular standpoints; the validity of the statement is contingent on the speaker's choice, at that particular moment, of the attribute that he wishes to bring to the fore as the other attribute is relegated to the background. O Lord Sumatinātha, you had thus explained the reality of substances; may your adoration augment my intellect!{{sfn|Vijay K. Jain|2015|p=35}}}}
Main temples
- Bhandasar Jain Temple, Bikaner
- Talajaji
- Sumati Dham, Indore
File:Outer part of Sumati Dham.png|Outer part of Sumati Dham Digambar Jain Temple
See also
Notes
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References
- {{citation |last=Johnson |first=Helen M. |author-link=Helen Moore Johnson |title=Sumatinathacaritra (Book 3.3 of the Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra) |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/jainism/book/trishashti-shalaka-purusha-caritra/d/doc212719.html |publisher=Baroda Oriental Institute |date=1931 }}
- {{citation|last=Jain |first=Vijay K. |author-link=Vijay K. Jain |title=Acarya Samantabhadra's Svayambhustotra: Adoration of The Twenty-four Tirthankara |date=2015 |publisher=Vikalp Printers |isbn=978-81-903639-7-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xI8HBgAAQBAJ |quote={{PD-notice}} |ref={{sfnref|Vijay K. Jain|2015}} |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150916101903/https://books.google.com/books?id=xI8HBgAAQBAJ |archive-date=16 September 2015 }}
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- {{citation |last=Shah |first=Umakant Premanand |author-link=Umakant Premanand Shah |title=Jaina-rūpa-maṇḍana: Jaina iconography |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m_y_P4duSXsC |date=1987 |publisher=Abhinav Publications |isbn=81-7017-208-X |ref={{sfnref|Umakant P. Shah|1987}} }}
- {{citation |last=Tandon |first=Om Prakash |author-link=Om Prakash Tandon |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 }}
- {{citation |last=Tukol |first=T. K. |author-link=T. K. Tukol |title=Compendium of Jainism |publisher=University of Karnataka |date=1980 |location=Dharwad }}
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