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Sumatinatha was the fifth Jain Tirthankara of the present age (Avasarpini). Sumatinatha was born to a Kshatriya King Megha (Megharatha) and Queen Mangalavati (Sumangalavati) at Ayodhya in the Ikshvaku dynasty. His Janma Kalyanak (birthday) was the eighth day of the Vaisakha Sudi month of the Jain calendar.

Key facts

Deity.type
Jain
Deity.deity_of
5th Jain Tirthankara
Deity.image
File:Tirtankara Sumatinatha.jpg
Deity.caption
Tirtankara Sumatinatha at Vile Parle, Mumbai
Deity.alt
Sumatinatha
Deity.venerated_in
Jainism
Deity.symbol
Goose
Deity.color
Golden
Deity.father
Megharatha
Deity.mother
Mangalāvatī
Deity.height
300 bows (900 meters)
Deity.age
4,000,000 purva (282.24 Quintillion Years Old)
Deity.tree
Priyangu
Deity.predecessor
Abhinandananatha
Deity.successor
Padmaprabha
Deity.birth_place
Ayodhya
Deity.moksha_place
Sammed Shikhar
Deity.dynasty
Ikṣvākuvaṁśa

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Sumatinatha was the fifth Jain Tirthankara of the present age (Avasarpini). Sumatinatha was born to a Kshatriya King Megha (Megharatha) and Queen Mangalavati (Sumangalavati) at Ayodhya in the Ikshvaku dynasty. His Janma Kalyanak (birthday) was the eighth day of the Vaisakha Sudi month of the Jain calendar.

== Tradition == Sumatinatha was the fifth Jain Tirthankara of the present age (Avasarpini). Sumatinatha was born to Kshatriya King Megha (Meghaprabha) and Queen Mangala (Sumangala) at Ayodhya in the Ikshvaku dynasty. His birth date was the eighth day of the Vaisakha Sudi month of the Jain calendar. His height is mentioned as 300 dhanusha. He is said to have lived for 4,000,000 purva.

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