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SHANTINATHA

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Statue of Shantinatha
  • Shree Shantinatha was the sixteenth Jain Tirthankar of the present age (Avasarpini). Shree 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 ascended to throne when he was 25 years old.
  • At the age of 50 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 (unfulfilled thoughts, words and actions and their consequences).
  • Shantinatha when made aware of his previous incarnations renounced his worldly life and became a Jain ascetic.
  • After sixteen year of asceticism, on the 9th bright day of month of Pausha (December–January), he achieved Kevala Jnana (Omniscience) under a Nandi tree.

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