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Jain Tirthankar

 

 

Vimalnath Swami

 

Name

Vimalnath Swami

Symbol

Boar

Father

Kratvarm Raja

Mother

Shyama Devi

Family Name

Ikshvaku

Source of Descent

Sahasrar

Date of Descent

Vaishakh Shukla Paksh 12

Place of Birth

Kampilpur

Date of Birth

Magh Shukla Paksh 3

Place of Enlightenment

Kampilpur

Date of Diksha

Magh Shukla Paksh 4

Date of Enlightenment

Paush Shukla Paksh 6

Place of Nirvana

Sammetshikhar

Date of Nirvana

Ashadh Krishna Paksh 7

Period of Practices

2 Months

Age

60 Lac Years

Chief Disciple

Mandar

Number of Disciples

57

Number of Ascetics

68 Thousand

Head of Female Ascetics

Dhara

Number of Female Ascetics

1.008 Lac

Male Laity

2.08 Lac

Female Laity

4.24 Lac

Body Colour

Golden

God of Organisation

Shanmukh

Goddess of Organisation

Vidita

 

King Kritvarma and queen Shyanan Devi of Kampilpur were both spiritualists and devotees of the Jina. The queen one day saw fourteen auspicious things in her dream and the augurs announced that she will give birth to a Tirthankar. It was the pious soul that in its earlier birth was king Padmasen of Mahapuri town in Datakikhand and had descended into the queens womb from the Mahardhik dimension of gods.

During her pregnancy the queen radiated a soothing glow. Her temperature also became congenial, kind, and generous. When the child was born the whole atmosphere was also filled with a soothing glow. Inspired by this spread of purity, the king named his new born son as Vimal (pure/untarnished).

In due course, prince Vimal Kumar became young, was married, and then ascended the throne. After a long and successful reign he became a Shraman along with one thousand other kings and princes on the fourth day of the bright half of the month of Magh. After two years of spiritual practices he attained omniscience and established the religious ford. Merak Prativasudev, Svayambhu Vasudev, and Bhadra Baldev were his contemporaries.

Bhagavan Vimalnath got Nirvana at Sammetshikhar on the seventh day of the dark half of the month of Ashadh.

 

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