Munisuvrata

Munisuvrata
Twentieth Jain Tirthankara
Shri 1008 Munisuvratnath Bhagwan Statue
Details
Predecessor	Māllīnātha
Successor	Naminatha
Royalty
Dynasty/Clan	Harivamsa
Family
Parents	Sumitra (father) Padmavati (mother)
Kalyanaka / Important Events
Born	1,184,980 BCE Kusagranagara, Rajgir
Moksha date	1,154,980 BCE
Moksha place	Shikharji
Characteristics/Attributes
Complexion	Black
Symbol	Tortoise
Height	20 bows (60 metres)
Age	30,000 years
Kevalakāla
Yaksha	Varun
Yakshini	Nardatta

Munisuvrata Swami (Munisuvratanath) (मुनिसुव्रत स्वामी) was the twentieth Tirthankara of the present half time cycle (Avasarpini) in Jain cosmology. He became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of his karma.

Tradition

In his previous incarnation, Munisuvrata was born as Surshreshta, the king of Champa, Mahavideh.

On the third day of Shraavana (month) Krishna (dark fortnight) according to Hindu calendar, Queen Padmavati of Rajgir saw sixteen auspicious dreams. When she shared her dreams with her husband, King Sumitra of the Harivamsa clan, he explained that a Tirthankara will be born to them soon. Then, Munisuvrata was born to them on the fifteenth day of the Shraavana Shukla (bright fortnight) in 1,184,980 BC. Some traditions mentions this date as tenth day of Vaisakh Krishna.

He was during the time of Ramayana.

Gallery

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  Muni Suvratnath Jinendra (Patna Ganj, M.P)

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  Idol of Munisuvrata Swami, Santhu

See also

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