Sambhavanātha
Sign in to saveSambhavanatha was the third Jain tirthankara (omniscient teaching god) of the present age (Avasarpini). Sambhavanatha was born to King Jitari and Queen Susena at Shravasti. His birth date was the fourteenth day of the Margshrsha shukla month of the Indian calendar. Like all arihant (omniscient beings), Sambhavanatha at the end of his life destroyed all associated karmas and attained moksha (liberation).
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Jain
- Deity.deity_of
- 3rd Jain Tirthankara
- Deity.image
- SAMBHAVNATHA.jpg
- Deity.caption
- The largest known single-stone idol of the 3rd Sambhavnatha Bhagwan at Sambhavnath ni Khadki, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
- Deity.alt
- Sambhavanatha
- Deity.venerated_in
- Jainism
- Deity.symbol
- Horse
- Deity.color
- Golden
- Deity.father
- Jitārī
- Deity.mother
- Susenā
- Deity.height
- 400 dhanusa (1,200 meters)
- Deity.age
- 6,000,000 purva
- Deity.predecessor
- Ajitanatha
- Deity.successor
- Abhinandananatha
- Deity.birth_place
- Shravasti
- Deity.death_place
- Sammed Shikhar
- Deity.dynasty
- Ikṣvākuvaṁśa
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Sambhavanatha was the third Jain tirthankara (omniscient teaching god) of the present age (Avasarpini). Sambhavanatha was born to King Jitari and Queen Susena at Shravasti. His birth date was the fourteenth day of the Margshrsha shukla month of the Indian calendar. Like all arihant (omniscient beings), Sambhavanatha at the end of his life destroyed all associated karmas and attained moksha (liberation).
==Life== Sambhavanatha was the third tirthankara (omniscient Jain teacher) of the present age (Avasarpini). He was born to King Jitārī and Queen Susena at Sravasti. in the Ikshvaku dynasty. His height was 400 bows (1,200 meters). He is said to have lived for 6,000,000 purva. Sambavanatha is associated with Horse emblem, Sala tree, Trimukha (three-faced) Yaksha and Prajnapthi & Duritari Yakshi.
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