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Jain Tirthankar

 

 

Shreyansnath Swami

 

Name

Shreyansnath Swami

Symbol

Rhinoceros

Father

Vishnu Raja

Mother

Vishnu Devi

Family Name

Ikshvaku

Source  of Descent

Achyut

Date of Descent

Jyeshtha Krishna Paksh 6

Place of Birth

Simhapuri

Date of  Birth

Falgun Krishna Paksh 12

Place of  Enlightenment

Simhapuri

Date of Diksha

Falgun Krishna Paksh 13

Date of  Enlightenment

Magh Krishna Paksh 15

Place of  Nirvana

Sammetshikhar

Date of  Nirvana

Shravan Krishna Paksh 3

Period of Practices

2 Months

Age

84 Lac Years

Chief Disciple

Goshubh

Number of Disciples

76

Number of Ascetics

84 Thousand

Head  of  Female Ascetics

Dharini

Number of  Female Ascetics

1.03 Lac

Male Laity

2.79 Lac

Female Laity

4.48 Lac

Body Colour

Golden

God of  Organisation

Yaksharaj

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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