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Kunthunath was the seventeenth Tirthankara, sixth Chakravartin and twelfth Kamadeva of the present half time cycle, Avasarpini. According to Jain beliefs, he became a siddha, liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma. Kunthunatha was born to King Surya (Sura) and Queen Shridevi at Hastinapur in the Ikshvaku dynasty on the fourteenth day of the Vaishakh Krishna month of the Indian calendar.

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Deity.type
Jain
Deity.deity_of
17th Tirthankara, 6th Chakravarti, and 12th Kamadeva
Deity.image
Tirthankar Kunthunatha.jpg
Deity.caption
The idol of Kunthunatha Bhagwan at a Jinalaya in Raipur, Chhattisgarh
Deity.alt
Kunthunatha
Deity.venerated_in
Jainism
Deity.symbol
Goat
Deity.color
Golden
Deity.birth_place
Hastinapur
Deity.father
Śurya
Deity.mother
Śrīdevī
Deity.height
35 bows (105 metres)
Deity.age
over 95,000 years
Deity.predecessor
Shantinatha
Deity.successor
Aranatha
Deity.moksha_place
Sammed Shikhar
Deity.dynasty
Kuruvaṁśa—Ikṣvākuvaṁśa

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Jain statues in Anwa, Rajasthan 31.jpg
Height
105
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Kunthunath was the seventeenth Tirthankara, sixth Chakravartin and twelfth Kamadeva of the present half time cycle, Avasarpini. According to Jain beliefs, he became a siddha, liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma. Kunthunatha was born to King Surya (Sura) and Queen Shridevi at Hastinapur in the Ikshvaku dynasty on the fourteenth day of the Vaishakh Krishna month of the Indian calendar.

==Etymology== Kunthu means heap of Jewels.

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