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{{Infobox deity
| type             = Jain
| deity_of         = 17th Jain [[Tirthankara]], 6th [[Chakravartin]], 12th [[Kamadeva]]
| image            = Jain statues in Anwa, Rajasthan 31.jpg
| caption          = Kunthunatha statue at Anwa, Rajasthan
| alt              = Kunthunatha
| venerated_in     = [[Jainism]]
| symbol           = [[Goat]]{{sfn|Forlong|1897|p=14}}
| color            = [[Gold (color)|Golden]]
| birth_place      = [[Hastinapur]]{{sfn|Tandon|2002|p=45}}
| father           = Surya (Sura)
| mother           = Shridevi
| height           = 35 bows (105 metres)
| age              = over 95,000 years
| predecessor      = [[Shantinatha]]
| successor        = [[Aranatha]]
| moksha_place     = [[Shikharji]]
}}

{{Jainism}}

'''Kunthunath''' was the seventeenth [[Tirthankara]], seventh [[Chakravartin]]{{sfn|von Glasenapp|1999|p=308}} and twelfth [[Kamadeva]] of the present half time cycle, Avasarpini.{{sfn|Forlong|1897|p=14}}{{sfn|Tukol|1980|p=31}} According to [[Jain]] beliefs, he became a [[siddha]], liberated soul which has destroyed all of its [[Karma in Jainism|karma]]. Kunthunatha was born to King Surya (Sura){{sfn|Forlong|1897|p=14}} and Queen Shridevi at [[Hastinapur]]{{sfn|von Glasenapp|1999|p=308}} in the [[Ikshvaku dynasty]] on the fourteenth day of the Vaishakh Krishna month of the Indian calendar.{{sfn|Tukol|1980|p=31}}

==Etymology==
''Kunthu'' means heap of Jewels.{{sfn|von Glasenapp|1999|p=308}}

==Life==
According to the Jain belief, he was born in 27,695,000 BC, Like all other Chakravartin, he also conquered all the lands{{sfn|von Glasenapp|1999|p=308}} 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.{{sfn|von Glasenapp|1999|p=308}} At an age of 95,000 years he liberated his soul and attained [[Moksha (Jainism)|Moksha]] on Mount [[Shikharji]].{{sfn|von Glasenapp|1999|p=308}}

==Famous Temple==
*[[Digamber_Jain_Mandir_Hastinapur#Shri_Digamber_Jain_Bada_Mandir|Prachin Bada Mandir]], [[Hastinapur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
* Ganigitti Jain temple, [[Hampi]]
*[[Jaisalmer_Fort#Jain_Temple|Kunthunath Temple]] at [[Jaisalmer Fort]] in [[Jaisalmer]], [[Rajasthan]]
<gallery>
File:National Museum - Chaubisi of Kunthunatha.jpg|Chaubisi of Kunthunatha,Chaubisi of Kunthunatha at [[National Museum, New Delhi]], 15th century
Vishal-singh-dwaar-big.jpg|Prachin Bada Mandir, Hastinapur
Kunthunath_Temple,_Madhuban.jpg|Kunthunath Temple, Madhuban
</gallery>

==See also==
{{commons cat}}
*[[God in Jainism]]
*[[Arihant (Jainism)]]
*[[Jainism and non-creationism]]

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==Sources==
* {{citation|last=Johnson|first=Helen M.|title=Kunthusvsmicaritra (Book 6.1 of the Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra)|url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/jainism/book/trishashti-shalaka-purusha-caritra/d/doc213811.html|publisher=[[Maharaja_Sayajirao_University_of_Baroda#Oriental_Institute|Baroda Oriental Institute]]|date=1931}}
*{{citation|last=von Glasenapp|first=Helmuth|title=Jainism: An Indian Religion of Salvation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WzEzXDk0v6sC|publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]]|date=1 January 1999|location=[[Delhi]]|isbn=81-208-1376-6}}
*{{citation|last=Tukol|first=T.K.|author-link=T. K. Tukol |title=Compendium of Jainism|publisher=University of Karnataka|date=1980|location=Dharwad}}
*{{citation|last=Forlong|first=Major-General J.G.R.|title=Short Studies in the Science of Comparative Religions|date=1897|publisher=B. Quaritch|location=15 Piccadilly, [[London]]|url=https://archive.org/details/shortstudiesins00forl|quote=Not in Copyright}}
* {{citation |last=Tandon|first=Om Prakash|title=Jaina Shrines in India|publisher=Publications Division, [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]], [[Government of India]] |isbn=81-230-1013-3|date=2002|orig-year=1968|edition=1|location=[[New Delhi]]}}

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