Type: | Jain |
Deity Of: | 11th Jain Tirthankara |
Venerated In: | Jainism |
Symbol: | Rhinoceros |
Color: | Golden |
Father: | Viṣṇu |
Mother: | Vēṇuśrī |
Height: | 80 bows (240 meters) |
Age: | 8,400,000 years |
Predecessor: | Shitalanatha |
Successor: | Vasupujya |
Birth Place: | Sarnath |
Moksha Place: | Sammed Shikhar |
Shreyansanath was the eleventh Jain Tirthankara of the present age (Avasarpini). According to Jain beliefs, he became a Siddha – a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma. Shreyansanatha was born to King Vishnu and Queen Vishna at Simhapuri, near Sarnath in the Ikshvaku dynasty. His birth date was the twelfth day of the Falgun Krishna month of the Indian calendar.
The Sarnath Jain Tirth temple located at Sarnath, Varanasi is one of the main shrines of Shreyansanatha.