Sambhavanatha

Sambhavanatha
3rd Jain Tirthankara

Sambhavanatha

Image of Tirthankara Sambhavnatha at Gwalior Fort museum
Symbol Horse
Height 400 dhanusa (1,200 meters)
Age 6,000,000 purva (423.360 Quintillion Years Old)
Color Golden
Parents
  • Jitārī (father)
  • Susena (mother)
Preceded by Ajitanatha
Succeeded by Abhinandananatha
Born Shravasti
Moksha Shikharji

Sambhavanath was the third Jain tirthankar (omniscient teaching god) of the present age (Avasarpini). Sambhavanatha was born to King Jitārī and Queen Susena at Sravasti. 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 tirthankar (omniscient Jain teacher) of the present age (Avasarpini).[1] He was born to King Jitārī and Queen Susena at Sravasti.[2][3] in the Ikshvaku dynasty.[1] His height was 400 dhanusa (1,200 meters).[2] Sambavanatha is associated with Horse emblem, Sala tree,[4] Trimukha (three-faced) Yaksha and Prajnapthi & Duritari Yakshi.[5]

According to Jain text Uttarapurāṇa, Sambhavanatha possessed three types of knowledge from birth.[6]

Prayer

Svayambhustotra by Acarya Samantabhadra is the adoration of twenty-four tirthankaras. Its five slokas (aphorisms) adore the qualities of Sambhavanātha.[7]

O Lord Sambhavanātha! The worldly life appears to be transient, without a protector, sullied with the blemishes of pride and delusion, and tormented by birth, old-age and death. You had helped worldly souls attain ambrosial happiness by ridding these of the karmic dirt.
— Svayambhustotra (3-2-12)[8]

Main Temples

See also

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