Sambhavanatha

Sambhavanatha
3rd Jain Tirthankara
Idols of Lord Sumatinath and Lord Sambhavnath at Ranthambore Fort Temple
Details
Predecessor	Ajitanatha
Successor	Abhinandananatha
Royalty
Dynasty/Clan	Ikshvaku
Predecessor	Jitārī
Family
Parents	Jitārī (father) Susena (mother)
Kalyanaka / Important Events
Chyavana date	Fagan Sud 8
Chyavana place	Sravasti
Born	Magsar Sud 14, 2 x 10223 Years Ago Sravasti
Diksha date	Magasar Sud 15
Diksha place	Sravasti
Kevalgyan date	Asho Vad 5
Kevalgyan place	Sravasti
Moksha date	Chaitra Sud 5
Moksha place	Sammed Shikhar
Characteristics/Attributes
Complexion	Golden
Symbol	Horse
Height	400 dhanusa (1,200 meters)
Age	6,000,000 purva (423.360 Quintillion Years Old)
Kevalakāla
Yaksha	Trimukh
Yakshini	Duritari
Ganadhara	Charu and Syama

Sambhavanath was the third tirthankar (omniscient Jain teacher) of the present age (Avasarpini). Sambhavanatha was born to King Jitārī and Queen Susena at Sravasti. in the Ikshvaku dynasty. His birth date was the fourteenth day of the Margshrsha shukla month of the Indian calendar. According to Jain beliefs, he became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma.

Prayer

Svayambhustotra by Acarya Samantabhadra is the adoration of twenty-four tirthankaras. Its five slokas (aphorisms) adore the qualities of Sambhavanātha.

O Lord Sambhavanātha! The worldly life appears to be transient, without a protector, sullied with the blemishes of pride and delusion, and tormented by birth, old-age and death. You had helped worldly souls attain ambrosial happiness by ridding these of the karmic dirt.

— Svayambhustotra (3-2-12)

See also

• God in Jainism
• Arihant (Jainism)
• Jainism and non-creationism