Shantinatha

Shantinatha
16th Jain Tirthankara, 5th Chakravartin, 11th Kamadeva
Seated image of Shantinatha with old Kannada inscription (1200 A.D.) engraved on the pedestal in Shantinatha Basadi, Jinanathapura
Predecessor	Dharmanatha
Successor	Kunthunatha
Symbol	Deer
Height	40 bows (120 metres)
Age	over 700 000 years
Color	Golden
Genealogy
Born	Hastinapur
Died	Shikharji
Parents	Visvasena (father) Achira (mother)
Spouse	Yasomati

Shantinatha was the sixteenth Jain Tirthankar of the present age (Avasarpini). Shantinatha was born to King Visvasen and Queen Achira at Hastinapur in the Ikshvaku dynasty. His birth date is the thirteenth day of the Jyest Krishna month of the Indian calendar. He was also a Chakravarti and a Kamadeva. He ascended to throne when he was 25,000 years old. At the age of 50,001 years, he became a Jain Monk and started his penance. According to Jain beliefs, he became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma.

Previous Births

• King Srisena
• Yugalika in Uttar Kurukshetra
• Deva in Saudharma heaven
• Amitateja, prince of Arkakirti
• Heavenly deva in 10th heaven Pranat (20 sagars life span)
• Aparajit Baldeva in East Mahavideha (life span of 84,00, 000 purva)
• Heavenly Indra in 12th heaven Achyuta (22 sagars life span)
• Vajrayudh Chakri, the son of Tirthankar Kshemanakar in East Mahvideha
• Heavenly deva in Navgraivayak heaven
• Megharath, the son of Dhanarath in East Mahavideh in the area where Simandharswami is moving at present
• Heavenly deva in Sarvartha Siddha Heaven (33 sagars life span)

Literature

Shantinath image at Odegal Basti, Shravanabelagola, Karnataka

• The Shantinatha Charitra, by Acharya Ajitprabhasuri

Colossal statues

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  32 feet statue of Shantinath at Shantinath Jinalaya in Shri Mahavirji.
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  20 feet statue of Shantinath at Bhojpur Jain Temple
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  18 feet (5.5 m) sculpture at Shantinatha basadi,Halebidu
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  Image of the main deity at Shantinatha temple, Khajuraho, India. The statue is 15 feet in height.

Famous Temples

• Shantinath Jain Teerth,Indapur,Maharashtra
• Shantinatha Temple at Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh
• Prachin Bada Mandir, Hastinapur, Uttar Pradesh
• Shantinath Jinalaya at Shri Mahavirji,Karauli district in Rajasthan
• Aharji Jain Temple, Madhya Pradesh
• Shantinatha Basadi, Jinanathapura, Karnataka
• Shantinath Temple in Deogarh, Uttar Pradesh
• Shantinath Jain temple in Kothara, Kutch
• Shri Shantinath (Naugaja) Digambar Jain Atishaya Kshetra, Kolaras, Shivpuri district, Madhya Pradesh
• Jain Temple, Bajrangarh, Guna District, Madhya Pradesh
• Shri Shantinath Temple, Sector-4, Gurgaon, Haryana
• Shantinatha Jinalaya at Nittur, Karnataka
• In Pakistan

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  Shantinatha Basadi, Jinanathapura (1200 A.D.), Hassan district, Karnataka
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  The Shantinath Temple at Deogarh, Uttar Pradesh, the columns show Jain monks
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  Shri Shantinath Jain Derasar, Kothara, Kutch
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  Shanthinath Temple, Chittorgarh, Rajasthan, India
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  Shantinath Jain Teerth
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  'Singh Dwaar' of Prachin Bada Mandir, Hastinapur

See also

• God in Jainism
• Arihant (Jainism)
• Jainism and non-creationism

Sources

• Titze, Kurt; Bruhn, Klaus (1998). Jainism: A Pictorial Guide to the Religion of Non-violence. Motilal Banarsidass Publ.

• Shah, Umakant Premanand (1987). Jaina-Rupa Mandana: Jaina Iconography:, Volume 1. India: Shakti Malik Abhinav Publications. ISBN 81-7017-208-X.

• Tukol, T. K. (1980). Compendium of Jainism. Dharwad: University of Karnataka.

• Shantinatha Purana.

• Shantinatha Charitra (PDF).