Vasupujya

{{Infobox deity

| type = Jain

| deity_of = 12th Tirthankara

| image = Vataman - Vasupujya Swami.jpg

| caption = Vasupujya Swami at Vataman

| alt = Vasupujya

| other_names = Shri Vasupujya Swami Bhagwan

| venerated_in = Jainism

| symbol = Buffalo{{sfn|Tandon|2002|p=44}}

| color = Red

| father = Vasupujya

| mother = Jaya (Vijaya)

| height = 70 bows (210 metres){{sfn|Sarasvati|1970|p=444}}

| age = 7,200,000 years

| tree =

| predecessor = Shreyansanatha

| successor = Vimalanatha

| birth_place = Champapur

| moksha_place = Champapur

}}

Vasupujya is the twelfth tirthankara in Jainism of the avasarpini (present age). According to Jain beliefs, he became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma. Vasupujya was born to King Vasupujya and Queen Jaya Devi at Champapuri in the Ikshvaku dynasty. His birth date was the fourteenth day of the Falgun Krishna month of the Indian calendar. He never married and remained a celibate.{{cite web | url=https://jainpuja.com/jain-puja/vasupujya-bhagwan.aspx | title=Vasupujya Swami Bhagwan }} He attained Kevala Jnana within one month of Tapsya and Moksha at Champapuri, of Bihar in India on the fourteenth day of the bright half of the month of Ashadh.

Biography

Vasupujya Swami was the 12th tirthankara in Jainism of the Avasarpini (present age).{{sfn|Tukol|1980|p=31}} According to Jain beliefs, he became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma. Vasupujya was born to King Vasupujya and Queen Jaya Devi at Champapuri in the Ikshvaku dynasty. His birth date was the fourteenth day of the Falgun Krishna month of the Indian calendar.{{sfn|Tukol|1980|p=31}} He attained Kevala Jnana within one month of Tapsya and Moksha at Champapuri, Bhagalpur in India on the fourteenth day of the bright half of the month of Ashadh.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}

The second Vasudeva, Dwiprishtaha, was his devotee. He and his brother Baldeva Shrivijay conquered Prativasudeva Tark and brought his oppressive rule to an end. Shrivijay later joined the ascetic order of Lord Vasupujya.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}

Temples

Jain temple, Alleppey, Kerala
[https://www.jainmandir.org/Temple/Shri-Vasupujya-Swami-Shwetamber-Jain-Mandir%2C-Padma-Junction%2C-Shenoys%2C-Kochi-(Cochin)%2C-District-Ernakulam-(Kerala) Shri Vasupujya Swami Shwetambar Jain Temple, Ernakulam]
Champapuri
Shri Atma Vallabh Jain Smarak

Shree VASUPUJAY SWAMI PANCHKALYANAK JAIN MANDIR ATAM VALLABH JANPATH LUDHIANA

Statue

The tallest statue of Vasupujya, 31 feet in height, was inaugurated at Nathnagar Temple, Champapuri, Bhagalpur, Bihar in 2014. The statue was constructed and donated by Smt Sona Devi Sethi Charitable Trust, based at Phulchand Sethi complex Dimapur.{{citation |title=Deity gift from Nagaland |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140107/jsp/bihar/story_17757074.jsp |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160817124944/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140107/jsp/bihar/story_17757074.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 August 2016 |work=The Telegraph|location=India |date=7 January 2014 }}{{citation |title=Vasupujya |url=http://www.jainworld.com/jainbooks/tirthankar/bhag-12.htm }}

References

Sources

{{citation |last=Johnson |first=Helen M. |author-link=Helen Moore Johnson |title=Vasupujyacaritra (Book 4.2 of the Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra) |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/jainism/book/trishashti-shalaka-purusha-caritra/d/doc213241.html |publisher=Baroda Oriental Institute |date=1931 }}
{{citation |last=Tukol |first=T. K. |author-link=T. K. Tukol |title=Compendium of Jainism |publisher=University of Karnataka |date=1980 |location=Dharwad }}
{{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 }}

Category:Tirthankaras