Śāntinātha
Sign in to saveŚāntinātha () or Śānti is the sixteenth of Jainism in the present age (). According to Jain beliefs, he was one of the three to have also held the status of a (universal monarch) and a (being of supreme beauty) in the same lifetime. He is traditionally revered as the deity of peace () and is invoked by devotees to avert calamities and epidemics.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Jain
- Deity.deity_of
- 16th Tirthankara, 5th Chakravarti, and 11th Kamadeva
- Deity.image
- File:Gujarat, shantinatha, xii secolo.jpg
- Deity.caption
- A 12th century Śvetāmbara idol of Tirthankara Shantinatha at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya
- Deity.venerated_in
- Jainism
- Deity.symbol
- Deer or Antelope
- Deity.color
- Golden
- Deity.spouse
- Yaśomatī
- Deity.father
- Viśvasena
- Deity.mother
- Acalādevī
- Deity.height
- 40 bows (120 metres) (393.701 feet)
- Deity.age
- 100,000 years
- Deity.tree
- Nandi tree
- Deity.predecessor
- Dharmanatha
- Deity.successor
- Kunthunatha
- Deity.birth_place
- Hastinapur
- Deity.moksha_place
- Sammed Shikhar
- Deity.dynasty
- Kuruvaṁśa—Ikṣvākuvaṁśa
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Encyclopedic overview
20 sectionsContents
- Legendary Biography
- Previous incarnations
- Birth and Early Life
- Reign as {{lang|sa|Chakravarti}}
- Renunciation and Omniscience
- Nirvana and moksha
- Disciples
- Legacy
- Worship
- Literature
- Iconography
- Colossal statues
- Temples
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Citations
- Sources
- Books
- Web
Śāntinātha () or Śānti is the sixteenth of Jainism in the present age (). According to Jain beliefs, he was one of the three to have also held the status of a (universal monarch) and a (being of supreme beauty) in the same lifetime. He is traditionally revered as the deity of peace () and is invoked by devotees to avert calamities and epidemics.
Jain texts describe his life as a transition from imperial sovereignty to total renunciation. Born in Hastinapur to King Vishvasena and Queen Aćira of the Ikshvaku dynasty, he is said to have ruled for 25,000 years. As a , traditional accounts state he possessed the "fourteen jewels" () and "nine treasures" (), symbolizing absolute material dominion, before renouncing his empire to become a Jain monk. After sixteen years of asceticism, he is believed to have attained (omniscience) and subsequently achieved (liberation) at Shikharji.
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