Sumatinātha
Sign in to saveSumatinatha 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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