Jain Tirthankar
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Shreyansnath Swami
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Name |
Shreyansnath Swami |
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Symbol |
Rhinoceros |
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Father |
Vishnu Raja |
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Mother |
Vishnu Devi |
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Family Name |
Ikshvaku |
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Source of Descent |
Achyut |
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Date of Descent |
Jyeshtha Krishna Paksh 6 |
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Place of Birth |
Simhapuri |
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Date of Birth |
Falgun Krishna Paksh 12 |
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Place of Enlightenment |
Simhapuri |
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Date of Diksha |
Falgun Krishna Paksh 13 |
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Date of Enlightenment |
Magh Krishna Paksh 15 |
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Place of Nirvana |
Sammetshikhar |
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Date of Nirvana |
Shravan Krishna Paksh 3 |
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Period of Practices |
2 Months |
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Age |
84 Lac Years |
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Chief Disciple |
Goshubh |
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Number of Disciples |
76 |
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Number of Ascetics |
84 Thousand |
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Head of Female Ascetics |
Dharini |
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Number of Female Ascetics |
1.03 Lac |
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Male Laity |
2.79 Lac |
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Female Laity |
4.48 Lac |
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Body Colour |
Golden |
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God of Organisation |
Yaksharaj |
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Goddess of Organisation |
Manavi |
In his earlier incarnation, the being that was to become Bhagavan Shreyansnath purified his soul as king Nalingulm, and went to the Mahashakra dimension of gods. From there he descended and took birth as Shreyans Kumar, the son of king Vishnuraja and queen Vishnu Devi of Simhapur. Shreyans Kumar was born on the twelfth day of the dark half of the month of Bhadrapad.
He had a normal princely life and ascended the throne when Vishnuraja retired. After a long reign Shreyans Kumar became a Shraman and within a short span of two months attained omniscience on the fifteenth day of the dark half of the month of Magh under a mango tree. He got Nirvana at Sammetshikhar on the third day of the dark half of the month of Shravan.
It was during his period that the being that was to be Bhagavan Mahavir reigned as the first Vasudev Triprishta. After the death of Triprishtha, his brother Baldev Achal became a disciple of Dharmghosh who was a follower of Shreyansnath. Achal got liberated in this birth.
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