Sumatinatha Explained

Type:Jain
Deity Of:5th Jain Tirthankara
Venerated In:Jainism
Symbol:Goose
Color:Golden
Father:Megharatha
Mother:Mangalāvatī
Height:300 bows (900 meters)
Age:4,000,000 purva (282.24 Quintillion Years Old)
Tree:Priyangu
Predecessor:Abhinandananatha
Successor:Padmaprabha
Birth Place:Ayodhya
Moksha Place:Sammed Shikhar

Sumatinatha was the fifth Jain Tirthankara of the present age (Avasarpini). Sumatinatha was born to a Kshatriya King Megha (Megharatha) and Queen Mangalavati (Sumangalavati) at Ayodhya in the Ikshvaku dynasty. His Janma Kalyanak (birthday) was the eighth day of the Vaisakha Sudi month of the Jain calendar.

Tradition

Sumatinatha was the fifth Jain Tirthankara of the present age (Avasarpini). Sumatinatha was born to Kshatriya King Megha (Meghaprabha) and Queen Mangala (Sumangala) at Ayodhya in the Ikshvaku dynasty. His birth date was the eighth day of the Vaisakha Sudi month of the Jain calendar.

He attained Kevala Jnana under sala or priyangu tree. He became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma. Sumithanatha is associated with Heron (Krauncha) emblem, Priyangu tree, Tumburu (Purushadatta) Yaksha and Mahakala Yakshi.

In his previous incarnation, Sumatinatha was an Indra in the Jayanta Vimana.

Adoration

Svayambhustotra by Acharya Samantabhadra is the adoration of twenty-four tirthankaras. Its five slokas (aphorisms) are dedicated to Sumatinātha. Last of which is:

Main temples

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