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{{Infobox deity<br />
| type = Jain<br />
| deity_of = 4th Jain [[Tirthankara]]<br />
| image = Jain statues in Anwa, Rajasthan 18.jpg<br />
| caption = Abhinandananatha<br />
| alt = Abhinandananatha<br />
| venerated_in = [[Jainism]]<br />
| other_names = Abhinandana Swami<br />
| symbol = [[Monkey]]<br />
| color = [[Gold (color)|Golden]]<br />
| father = Samvara<br />
| mother = Siddhartha<br />
| height = 350 dhanusha (1,050 meters)<br />
| age = 5,000,000 purva (352.80 [[Quintillion]] Years)<br />
| tree = <br />
| predecessor = [[Sambhavanatha]]<br />
| successor = [[Sumatinatha]]<br />
| birth_place = [[Ayodhya]]<br />
| moksha_place = [[Shikharji]]<br />
}}<br />
{{Jainism}}<br />
'''Abhinandananatha''' or '''Abhinandana Swami''' was the fourth ''[[Tirthankara]]'' of the present age ([[Avasarpini]]). He is said to have lived for 50 lakh ''purva''. He was born to King Sanvara and Queen Siddhartha at [[Ayodhya]] in the [[Ikshvaku dynasty|Ikshvaku]] clan. His birth date was the second day of the Magh shukla month of the Indian calendar. According to [[Jain]] beliefs, he became a [[siddha]], a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its [[karma in Jainism|Karma]].<br />
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==Life==<br />
Abhinandananatha or Abhinandana Swami was the fourth [[Tirthankara]] of the present age ([[Avasarpini]]).{{sfn|Tukol|1980|p=31}} He is said to have lived for 50 lakh ''purva''.{{sfn|Vijay K. Jain|2015|p=185}} He was born to King Samvara and Queen Siddhartha at [[Ayodhya]] in the [[Ikshvaku dynasty|Ikshvaku]] clan.{{sfn|Vijay K. Jain|2015|p=184}} His birth date was the second day of the Magh shukla month of the Indian calendar.{{sfn|Tukol|1980|p=31}} He attained ''[[Kevala Jnana]]'' under priyangu tree.{{sfn|Krishna|Amirthalingam|2014|p=46}} According to [[Jain]] beliefs, he became a [[siddha]], a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its [[karma in Jainism|Karma]].{{cn|date=June 2016}} According to Jain tradition, his height was 350 ''dhanusha'' (1,050 meters).{{sfn|Vijay K. Jain|2015|p=184-185}}<br />
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== Adoration ==<br />
''Svayambhustotra'' by [[Jain monk]], ''Acarya [[Samantabhadra (Jain monk)|Samantabhadra]]'' is the adoration of twenty-four tirthankaras. Its five slokas ([[aphorism]]s) adore the qualities of ''Abhinandananātha''.{{sfn|Vijay K. Jain|2015|p=22-24}} One such ''sloka'' is:{{cquote|By constantly feeding the body to subdue inflictions like hunger, and by indulging in transient pleasures of the senses, neither the body nor the soul remains unscathed. Such deeds thus benefit neither the body nor the soul; O Lord Abhinandananātha, you had thus expounded the true nature of reality.{{sfn|Vijay K. Jain|2015|p=24}}}} Abhinandananatha is associated with Ape emblem, Piyala tree, Yakshesvara & Nayaka [[Yaksha]] and Vajrasrinkala & Kalika [[Yakshi]].{{sfn|Tandon|2002|p=44}}<br />
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Abhinandannath Temple, Madhuban.jpg|Abhinandannath Temple, Madhuban<br />
Abhinandannath Tonk, Shikharji.jpg|Abhinandannath Tonk, Shikharji<br />
Footprint at Abhinandannath Tonk, Shikharji.jpg|Footprint at Abhinandananath Tonk, [[Shikharji]]<br />
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==See also==<br />
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*[[God in Jainism]]<br />
*[[Arihant (Jainism)]]<br />
*[[Jainism and non-creationism]]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==References==<br />
* {{citation |last=Johnson |first=Helen M. |author-link=Helen M. Johnson |title=Abhinandanacaritra (Book 3.2 of the Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra) |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/jainism/book/trishashti-shalaka-purusha-caritra/d/doc212698.html |publisher=[[Maharaja_Sayajirao_University_of_Baroda#Oriental_Institute|Baroda Oriental Institute]] |date=1931 }}<br />
* {{citation|last=Jain |first=Vijay K. |author-link=Vijay K. Jain |title=Acarya Samantabhadra's Svayambhustotra: Adoration of The Twenty-four Tirthankara |date=2015 |publisher=[[Vikalp Printers]] |isbn=978-81-903639-7-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xI8HBgAAQBAJ |quote={{PD-notice}} |ref={{sfnref|Vijay K. Jain|2015}} |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150916101903/https://books.google.com/books?id=xI8HBgAAQBAJ |archive-date=16 September 2015 }}<br />
* {{citation |last=Krishna |first=Nanditha |author-link=Nanditha Krishna |last2=Amirthalingam |first2=M. |author-link2=M. Amirthalingam |title=Sacred Plants of India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M_xsAwAAQBAJ |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |date=2014 |orig-year=2013 |isbn=978-9-351-18691-5 }}<br />
* {{citation |last=Tandon |first=Om Prakash |author-link=Om Prakash Tandon |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]] }}<br />
* {{citation |last=Tukol |first=T. K. |author-link=T. K. Tukol |title=Compendium of Jainism |publisher=[[University of Karnataka]] |date=1980 |location=[[Dharwad]] }}<br />
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