Kunthunath was the seventeenth Tirthankara, seventh ChakravartinTemplate:Sfn and twelfth Kamadeva of the present half time cycle, Avasarpini.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn According to Jain beliefs, he became a siddha, liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma. Kunthunatha was born to King Surya (Sura)Template:Sfn and Queen Shridevi at HastinapurTemplate:Sfn in the Ikshvaku dynasty on the fourteenth day of the Vaishakh Krishna month of the Indian calendar.Template:Sfn
Etymology
Kunthu means heap of Jewels.Template:Sfn
Life
According to the Jain belief, he was born in 27,695,000 BC, Like all other Chakravartin, he also conquered all the landsTemplate:Sfn 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.Template:Sfn At an age of 95,000 years he liberated his soul and attained Moksha on Mount Shikharji.Template:Sfn
Famous Temple
- Prachin Bada Mandir, Hastinapur, Uttar Pradesh
- Ganigitti Jain temple, Hampi
- Kunthunath Temple at Jaisalmer Fort in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan
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Chaubisi of Kunthunatha,Chaubisi of Kunthunatha at National Museum, New Delhi, 15th century
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Prachin Bada Mandir, Hastinapur
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Kunthunath Temple, Madhuban
See also
References
Sources
- Kunthusvsmicaritra (Book 6.1 of the Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra). Baroda Oriental Institute(1931).
- Jainism: An Indian Religion of Salvation. Motilal Banarsidass(1 January 1999).
- [{{{url}}} Compendium of Jainism]. University of Karnataka(1980).
- Short Studies in the Science of Comparative Religions. B. Quaritch(1897).
- [{{{url}}} Jaina Shrines in India]. Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India(2002).
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