Vimalnath
| Vimala | |
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| 13th Jain Tirthankara | |
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| Alternate name: | Vimalnath |
| Historical date: | 1.6 X 10^211 Years Ago |
| Family | |
| Father: | Kritvarman |
| Mother: | Suramya (Syama) |
| Dynasty: | Ikshvaku |
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| Birth: | Kampilya |
| Nirvana: | Sammed Shikhar |
| Attributes | |
| Colour: | Golden |
| Symbol: | Pig |
| Height: | 60 dhanusha (180 meters) |
| Age At Death: | 6,000,000 years old |
| Attendant Gods | |
| Yaksha: | Shatdukh |
| Yaksini: | Vijaya |
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Vimalnath was the thirteenth Jain Tirthankar of the present age (Avasarpini).[1] According to Jain beliefs, he became a Siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma. Vimalnath was born to King Kratvarm Raja and Queen Shyama Devi at Kampilaji in the Ikshvaku clan. His birth date was the third day of the Magh Sukla month of the Indian calendar.[1]
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Previous Births [edit]
In his previous incarnation Lord Vimalnath's soul was King Padmasen. King Padmasen ruled over Mahapuri town in Datakikhand. He was always engaged in spiritual practices. Later he took diksha from Acharya Yarsvargupt. As a result of his deep meditational practices he purified his soul to an extent that he acquired the Tirthankar-nam-and-gotra-karma. Because of this he reincarnated in the Mahardhik dimension of Celestial Beings.
Birth of Lord Vimalnath [edit]
From the Dimension of the Celestial beings the soul descended into the womb of queen Shyama Devi. The queen saw fourteen (sixteen according to Digambaras) auspiciousness dreams. This was the sign that the queen will give to a Tirthankara.
Naming Ceremony [edit]
During her pregnancy the queen radiated a soothing glow. Her temperature also became congenial, kind, and generous. When the child was born the whole atmosphere was also filled with a soothing glow. Inspired by this spread of purity, the king named his new born son as Vimal (pure/untarnished).
Path of Renunciation [edit]
In due course, prince Vimal Kumar became young. He was a boy of discipline, high thoughts, great temperament, much more mature from his age. Slowly King Vimalnath became least interested in the kingdom and all the work were taken care by other persons. One day while, while he was deep in his thoughts he saw himself as King Padmsen of Mahapuri town in Dhatikhand who was always engaged in spiritual practices. This made him realize the true purpose of his birth. For the entire year from that time, he distributed wealth among the people. One day, along with thousand other kings, he came out of the palace, removed his hair with his fist, uttered, “Namo Siddhanam” and became an ascetic.
Omniscience and Nirvana [edit]
After two years of spiritual practices he attained omniscience and established the religious ford. Merak Prativasudev, Svayambhu Vasudev, and Bhadra Baldev were his contemporaries.
Bhagavan Vimalnath got Nirvana at Sammed shikharji on the seventh day of the dark half of the month of Ashadh.
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