Vimalnath
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| Vimala |
| 13th Jain Tirthankara |
Idol of a Tirthankara |
| Details |
| Alternate name: |
Vimalnath |
| Historical date: |
1.6 X 10^211 Years Ago |
| Family |
| Father: |
Kritvarman |
| Mother: |
Suramya (Syama) |
| Dynasty: |
Ikshvaku |
| Places |
| 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 |
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]
[edit] Previous births
King Kritvarma and queen Shyanan Devi of Kampilpur were both spiritualists and devotees of the Jina. The queen one day saw fourteen auspicious things in her dream and the augurs announced that she will give birth to a Tirthankar. It was the pious soul that in its earlier birth was king Padmasen of Mahapuri town in Datakikhand and had descended into the queens womb from the Mahardhik dimension of gods.[2]
[edit] Life as a Tirthankara
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). In due course, prince Vimal Kumar became young, was married, and then ascended the throne. After a long and successful reign he became a Shraman along with one thousand other kings and princes on the fourth day of the bright half of the month of Magh. 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 Sammetshikhar on the seventh day of the dark half of the month of Ashadh.[3]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b Tukol, T. K. (1980). Compendium of Jainism. Dharwad: University of Karnataka. p.31
- ^ Helen, Johnson (2009) [1931]. Muni Samvegayashvijay Maharaj. ed (in English. Trans. From Prakrit). Trisastiśalākāpurusacaritra of Hemacandra: The Jain Saga. Part II. Baroda: Oriental Institute. ISBN 978-81-908157-0-3. p.65
- ^ Helen, Johnson (2009) Part II pp.66-77
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