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{{Infobox deity<br />
| type = Jain<br />
| deity_of = 14th Jain [[Tirthankara]]<br />
| image = Jain statues in Anwa, Rajasthan 28.jpg<br />
| caption = Anantanatha statue at Anwa, Rajasthan<br />
| alt = Anantanatha<br />
| venerated_in = [[Jainism]]<br />
| symbol = [[Porcupine]] as per [[Digambara]]<br>[[Falcon]] as per [[Shvetambara]]{{sfn|Tandon|2002|p=45}}<br />
| color = [[Gold (color)|Golden]]<br />
| father = Simhasena<br />
| mother = Suyasha<br />
| height = 50 dhanusha (150 meters)<br />
| age = 3,000,000 years<br />
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| predecessor = [[Vimalanatha]]<br />
| successor = [[Dharmanatha]]<br />
| birth_place = [[Ayodhya]]<br />
| moksha_place = [[Shikharji]]<br />
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'''Anantanatha''' was the fourteenth [[Tirthankara]] of the present age (Avasarpini) of [[Jainism]]. 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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==Biography==<br />
Anantanatha was the fourteenth [[Tirthankara]] of the present age (Avasarpini) of [[Jainism]].{{sfn|Tukol|1980|p=31}} According to Jain beliefs, he became a [[siddha]], a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its [[karma in Jainism|karma]].{{Sfn|Jain|2009|p=82}}<br />
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Anantanatha was born to King Sinhasena and Queen Suyasha at [[Ayodhya]] in the [[Ikshvaku dynasty]].{{sfn|Tukol|1980|p=31}} His birth date was the 13th day of the Vaishakha Krishna month of the Indian calendar.{{cn|date=June 2020}}<br />
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==Literature==<br />
* ''Ananthnatha Purana'' was written by [[Janna]] in 1230 CE.<br />
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==Famous Temple==<br />
[[Anantnath Swami Temple]] in [[Kalpetta]], [[Kerala]]<br />
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File:Jain_temple_in_Wayanad_Kerala.jpg|Anantnath Swami Temple in Kalpetta, Kerala<br />
JAINA 7.jpg|Image at Anantnath Swami Temple<br />
Ananthnath Temple, Madhuban.jpg|Ananthnath Temple, Madhuban<br />
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==See also==<br />
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*[[God in Jainism]]<br />
*[[Jainism and non-creationism]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Sources==<br />
* {{citation |last=Johnson |first=Helen M. |author-link=Helen M. Johnson |title=Anantanathacaritra (Book 4.4 of the Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra) |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/jainism/book/trishashti-shalaka-purusha-caritra/d/doc213290.html |publisher=[[Maharaja_Sayajirao_University_of_Baroda#Oriental_Institute|Baroda Oriental Institute]] |date=1931 }}<br />
* {{citation |last=Tukol |first=T. K. |author-link=T. K. Tukol |title=Compendium of Jainism |publisher=[[University of Karnataka]] |year=1980 |location=[[Dharwad]] }}<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 />
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