Abhinandananatha

Abhinandananatha
4th Jain Tirthankara
Abhinandananath Jina
Details
Alternate name(s)	Abhinandan Swami
Predecessor	Sambhavanatha
Successor	Sumatinatha
Royalty
Dynasty/Clan	Ikshvaku
Family
Parents	Samvara (father) Queen Siddhartha (mother)
Kalyanaka / Important Events
Chyavana date	Vaisakh Sud 4
Chyavana place	Ayodhya
Born	Maha Sud 2, 10223 Years Ago Ayodhya
Diksha date	Maha Sud 12
Diksha place	Ayodhya
Kevalgyan date	Posh Sud 14
Kevalgyan place	Ayodhya
Moksha date	Vaisakh Sud 8
Moksha place	Sammed Shikhar
Characteristics/Attributes
Complexion	Golden
Symbol	Monkey
Height	350 dhanusha (1,050 meters)
Age	5,000,000 purva (352.80 Quintillion Years)
Kevalakāla
Yaksha	Ishwar
Yakshini	Kali
Ganadhara	Vajranabha and Ajita

Abhinandannatha or Abhinandan Swami was the fourth Tirthankara of the present age (Avasarpini). Abhinandananātha is said to have lived for 50 lakh purva. Abhinandannath was born to King Sanvara Raja and Queen Sidharta Rani at Ayodhya in the Ikshvaku clan. His birth date was the second day of the Magh shukla month of the Indian calendar. According to Jain beliefs, he became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its Karma.

Adoration

Abhinandannath Tonk, Shikharji

Footprint at Abhinandananath Tonk, Shikharji

Svayambhustotra by Jain monk, Acarya Samantabhadra is the adoration of twenty-four tirthankaras. Its five slokas (aphorisms) adore the qualities of Abhinandananātha. One such sloka is:

By constantly feeding the body to subdue inflictions like hunger, and by indulging in transient pleasures of the senses, neither the body nor the soul remains unscathed. Such deeds thus benefit neither the body nor the soul; O Lord Abhinandananātha, you had thus expounded the true nature of reality.

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  Abhinandannath Temple, Madhuban

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  Abhinandannath Tonk, Shikharji

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  Footprint at Abhinandananath Tonk, Shikharji

See also

• God in Jainism
• Arihant (Jainism)
• Jainism and non-creationism