Kunthunatha

Kunthunatha
17th Jain Tirthankara, 6th Chakravartin, 12th Kamadeva

Kunthunatha

Worship of Kunthu
Symbol Goat[1]
Height 35 bows (105 metres)
Age over 100,000 years
Color Golden
Parents
  • Surya (Sura) (father)
  • Sri devi (mother)
Preceded by Shantinatha
Succeeded by Aranatha
Born Hastinapur
Moksha Shikharji

Kunthunath was the seventeenth Tirthankara, sixth Chakravartin[2] and twelfth Kamadeva of the present half time cycle, Avasarpini.[1][3] According to Jain beliefs, he became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma. Kunthunatha was born to King Sura (Surya)[1] and Queen Sridevi at Hastinapur[2] in the Ikshvaku dynasty on the fourteenth day of the Vaishakh Krishna month of the Indian calendar.[3]

Etymology

Kunthu means heap of Jewels.[2]

Life

Like all other Chakravartin, he also conquered all the lands[2] and went to write his name on the foothills of mountains. Seeing the names of other Chakravartin already there, he saw his ambitions dwarfed. He then renounced his throne and became an ascetic for penance.[2] At an age of over 100,000 years he liberated his soul and attained Moksha on Mount Shikharji.[2]

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