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Also known as Arahnath, Arahanatha, Aranath

'Aranath(Arnath)''''' was the eighteenth Jain Tirthankar of the present half cycle of time (Avasarpini). He was also the eighth Chakravartin and thirteenth Kamadeva. According to Jain beliefs, he was born around 16,585,000 BCE. He became a siddha i.e. a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karmas. Aranath was born to King Sudarshana and Queen Devi (Mitra) at Hastinapur in the Ikshvaku dynasty. His birth date was the tenth day of the Migsar Krishna month of the Indian calendar.

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Deity.type
Jain
Deity.deity_of
18th Tirthankara, 7th Chakravarti, and 13th Kamadeva
Deity.image
Shri Arnatha Bhagwan, Amritsar,Punjab.jpg
Deity.alt
Shri Aranatha bhagwan, Amritsar, Punjab
Deity.venerated_in
Jainism
Deity.symbol
Fish
Deity.color
Golden
Deity.father
Sudarśana
Deity.mother
Mitrādevī
Deity.height
30 bows (90 metres)
Deity.age
84,000+
Deity.predecessor
Kunthunatha
Deity.successor
Mallinatha
Deity.birth_place
Hastinapur
Deity.moksha_place
Sammed Shikhar
Deity.caption
The idol of Tirthankara Aranatha in a Jinalaya at Amritsar,Punjab
Deity.dynasty
Kuruvaṁśa—Ikṣvākuvaṁśa

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Jain statues in Anwa, Rajasthan 32.jpg
Height
90
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'Aranath(Arnath)''''' was the eighteenth Jain Tirthankar of the present half cycle of time (Avasarpini). He was also the eighth Chakravartin and thirteenth Kamadeva. According to Jain beliefs, he was born around 16,585,000 BCE. He became a siddha i.e. a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karmas. Aranath was born to King Sudarshana and Queen Devi (Mitra) at Hastinapur in the Ikshvaku dynasty. His birth date was the tenth day of the Migsar Krishna month of the Indian calendar.

==Life== Aranatha's height is mentioned as 30 dhanusha. Like all other Chakravartin, he also conquered all the lands and went to write his name on the foothills of mountains. Seeing the names of other Chakravartin already there, he saw his ambitions dwarfed. He then renounced his throne and became an ascetic for penance. At an age over 84,000 years he and attained Moksha (liberation) on Mount Shikharji.

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