Anantanātha
Sign in to saveAnantnath was the fourteenth Tirthankara of the present age (Avasarpini) of Jainism. According to Jain beliefs, he became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Jain
- Deity.deity_of
- 14th Jain Tirthankara
- Deity.image
- Anantnath.jpg
- Deity.alt
- Anantnath
- Deity.venerated_in
- Jainism
- Deity.symbol
- Porcupine as per DigambaraFalcon as per Śvetāmbara
- Deity.color
- Golden
- Deity.father
- Simhasena
- Deity.mother
- Suyasha
- Deity.height
- 50 dhanusha (150 meters)
- Deity.age
- 3,000,000 years
- Deity.predecessor
- Vimalnath
- Deity.successor
- Dharmanath
- Deity.birth_place
- Ayodhya
- Deity.moksha_place
- Sammed Shikharji
- Deity.caption
- Idol of Anantnath at Anantnath Jain Temple, Narshi Natha Street, Mumbai
- Deity.dynasty
- Ikṣvākuvaṁśa
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Anantnath was the fourteenth Tirthankara of the present age (Avasarpini) of Jainism. According to Jain beliefs, he became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma.
==Biography== Anantnath was the fourteenth Tirthankara of the present age (Avasarpini) of Jainism. According to Jain beliefs, he became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma.His name, meaning “Infinite Lord,” symbolizes the boundlessness of spiritual liberation in Jain philosophy. The Jainpedia account describes the five major kalyanakas, which are conception, birth, renunciation, enlightenment, and liberation. These mark the sacred milestones of his life as preserved in both Svetambara and Digambara traditions.
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