Jain Tirthankar
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Dharamnath Swami
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Name |
Dharamnath Swami |
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Symbol |
Vajra |
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Father |
Bhanu Raja |
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Mother |
Suvarta Devi |
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Family Name |
Ikshvaku |
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Source of Descent |
Vijay |
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Date of Descent |
Vaishakh Shukla Paksh-7 |
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Place of Birth |
Ratnapuri |
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Date of Birth |
Magh Shukla Paksh-3 |
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Place of Enlightenment |
Ratnapuri |
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Date of Diksha |
Magh Shukla Paksh-3 |
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Date of Enlightenment |
Paush Shukla Paksh-15 |
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Place of Nirvana |
Sammetshikhar |
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Date of Nirvana |
Jyeshtha Shukla Paksh-5 |
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Period of Practices |
2 Years |
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Age |
10 Lac Years |
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Chief Disciple |
Arishta |
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Number of Disciples |
43 |
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Number of Ascetics |
64 Thousand |
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Head of Female Ascetics |
Shiva |
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Number of Female Ascetics |
62.4 Lac |
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Male Laity |
2.04 Lac |
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Female Laity |
4.13 Lac |
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Body Colour |
Golden |
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God of Organisation |
Kinnar |
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Goddess of Organisation |
Kandarpa |
The being that was to become Bhagavan Dharmnath was king Dridhrath of Bhaddilpur in Mahavideh area, in its earlier incarnation. Although he had enormous wealth and a large kingdom, he led a detached and pious life like a lotus in a pond. Even great saints praised him as the embodiment of religion. During the later part of his life king Dridhrath became an ascetic and as a result of his unblemished character and sincere spiritual practices he earned the Tirthankar-nam-and-gotra-karma. Completing his age he reincarnated as a god in the Vaijayant dimension.
This being then descended into the womb of queen Suvrata, wife of king Bhanuraja of Ratnapur. During the pregnancy the queen devoted all her time in religious activities. Even the king and all other members of the family were inclined to devote maximum time to various religious activities like charity, righteousness, penances, studies etc. On the third day of the bright half of the month of Magh a son was born to the queen. Due to the religious influence during the pregnancy period, the king gave him the name Dharmnath. In due course he became young, was married and then ascended the throne. He ruled successfully for a long period.
One day he terminated all worldly attachments and became and ascetic. After two years of spiritual practices he became omniscient. His first religious discourse was attended by the fifth Vasudev Purush Simha and Sudarshan Baldev.
In his first discourse he mainly dealt with the subject of form and ill effects of passions. A large audience was benefited by this eloquent discourse. At last he went to Sammetshikhar and got Nirvana.
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