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| Venerated in | Jainism |
| Predecessor | Kunthunatha |
| Successor | Mallinatha |
| Symbol | Fish[1] |
| Height | 30 Bows (90 Metres) |
| Age | 84,000+ |
| Color | Golden |
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| Dynasty | Ikshvaku dynasty |
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Aranath(Arnath) was the eighteenthJainTirthankar of the present half cycle of time (Avasarpini).[2] He was also the eighthChakravartin[3] and thirteenthKamadeva. According to Jain beliefs, he was born around 16,585,000 BCE. He became asiddha i.e. a liberated soul which has destroyed all of itskarmas. Aranath was born to King Sudarshana and Queen Devi (Mitra) atHastinapur in theIkshvaku dynasty.[2] His birth date was the tenth day of the Migsar Krishna month of the Indian calendar.
Like all otherChakravartin, he also conquered all the lands[3] and went to write his name on the foothills of mountains. Seeing the names of other Chakravartin already there, he saw his ambitions dwarfed. He then renounced his throne and became an ascetic for penance.[3] At an age over 84,000 years he and attainedMoksha (liberation) on MountShikharji.[3]
Svayambhūstotra byAcarya Samantabhadra is the adoration of twenty-four tirthankaras. Twenty slokas (aphorisms) ofSvayambhūstotra are dedicated toTirthankar Aranath.[4] One suchsloka is:
O Passionless Lord Aranatha! Your physical form which is free from all vestiges of ornaments, clothes and weapons, and the embodiment of unalloyed knowledge, control of the senses, and benevolence, is a clear indication that you have vanquished all blemishes.
— Svayambhustotra (18-2-12)[5]
AtMathura, there is an oldstupa with the inscription of 157 CE. This inscription records that an image of the tīrthankara Aranath was set up at thestupa built by the gods. However,Somadeva Suri stated in Yashstilaka and Jinaprabha Suri inVividha Tirtha Kalpa that the stupa was erected forSuparśvanātha.[6]
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