Aranatha

Aranatha
18th Jain Tirthankara, 7th Chakravartin, 13th Kamadeva

Aranatha

Images of Tirthankara (Gwalior Fort)
Symbol Fish (as per Digambar Sect) Nandavarta (as per Swetember Sect)
Height 30 bows (90 metres)
Age over 84,000 years
Color Golden
Parents
  • Sudarsana (father)
  • Devi (Mitra) (mother)
Preceded by Kunthunatha
Succeeded by Māllīnātha
Born Hastinapur
Moksha Shikharji

Aranath was the eighteenth Jain Tirthankar of the present half cycle of time (Avasarpini).[1] He was also the seventh Chakravartin[2] and thirteenth Kamadeva. According to Jain beliefs, he was born around 16,585,000 BCE. He became a siddha i.e. a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karmas. Aranath was born to King Sudarshan and Queen Devi (Mitra) at Hastinapur in the Ikshvaku dynasty.[1] His birth date was the tenth day of the Migsar Krishna month of the Indian calendar.

Life

Like all other Chakravartin, he also conquered all the lands[2] 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.[2] At an age over 84,000 years he and attained Moksha (liberation) on Mount Shikharji.[2]

Worship

Svayambhūstotra by Acarya Samantabhadra is the adoration of twenty-four tirthankaras. Twenty slokas (aphorisms) of Svayambhūstotra are dedicated to Tirthankar Aranath.[3] One such sloka is:

O Passionless Lord Aranatha! Your physical form which is free from all vestiges of ornaments, clothes and weapons, and the embodiment of unalloyed knowledge, control of the senses, and benevolence, is a clear indication that you have vanquished all blemishes.
— Svayambhustotra (18-2-12)[4]

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