Aranātha
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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.
Key facts
- 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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- Image
- 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.