| Ajitanatha | |
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2nd JainTirthankara | |
 Tirthankara Ajitnatha at Shri Ajitnath Bhagwan Shwetamber Jain Derasar,Taranga | |
| Venerated in | Jainism |
| Predecessor | Rishabhanatha |
| Successor | Sambhavanatha |
| Symbol | Elephant |
| Height | 450 dhanush (1,350 meters) |
| Age | 72 lakh purvas (508.032 x 1018 years old) |
| Tree | Saptaparna (Alstonia scholaris) |
| Color | Golden |
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Ajitanatha (lit. invincible) was the secondtirthankara of the present age,avasarpini (halftime cycle) according toJainism. He was born to king Jitashatru and Queen Vijaya atAyodhya in theIkshvaku dynasty. He was a liberated soul which has destroyed all of itskarma.
Ajitnatha (lit. invincible)[1] was the secondtirthankara of the present age,avasarpini (halftime cycle inJain cosmology) according toJainism.[2]
Ajitnatha was born in the town of Saketa to King Jitashatru and Queen Vijaya atAyodhya (Vinita-Saketa)[3] in theIkshvaku dynasty onmagha-shukla-dashmi (the tenth day of the bright half of the month ofMagha).[2] His height was 450dhanusha. He lived for a span of 72lakhpurva.[1]
According toHemachandra, he was named Ajita because the king father was unable to defeat his mother in gambling until he was in her womb.Uttarapurana, a Digambara text, explains that he was named Ajita because he could not be defeated by sins or all heretics.[3]
He attainedkevala jnana under thesaptaparna tree (Alstonia scholaris)[3] andMoksha onchaitra-shukla-panchmi (fifth day of the bright half of the month ofChaitra) fromShikharji.[4][1][3]
He had 90Ganadharas and Simhasena was his chief among them. Falgu (according toSwetambara tradition) or Prakubja (according toDigambara tradition) was a chief of his order of the nuns.[1][3]
TheYajurveda mentions the name of Ajitanatha, but the meaning is not clear. According to Jain traditions, his younger cousin brother wasSagara. Sagara, who became the secondChakravartin, is known from the traditions of bothHindu and Jain scriptures.[5][3]
Swetambara as well asDigambara sects consider his complexion golden and elephant as his symbol.[3] He is associated withsaptaparna tree; Mahayaksha as attendantYaksha; and Ajita (as per Swetambra) or Rohini (as per Digambara) as attendantYakshis.[6][3] The elephant, symbol of Ajitanatha, is avahana (mount) of the Mahayakshya and Ajita Yakshi seems named after Ajitanatha.[3]
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