Dharmanatha

Dharmanatha
15th Jain Tirthankara
Tirthankara Dharmanatha at Gruh jinalay, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Venerated inJainism
PredecessorAnantanatha
SuccessorShantinatha
SymbolVajra
Height45 bows (135 meters)
Age2,500,000 years
ColorGolden
Genealogy
Born
Died
Parents
  • Bhānu (father)
  • Suvratā (mother)

Dharmanatha was the fifteenth Jain Tirthankara of the present age (Avasarpini). According to Jain beliefs, he became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma. Dharmanath was born to King Bhanu Raja and Queen Suvrata Rani at Ratnapuri in the Ikshvaku dynasty. His birth date was the third day of the Magh Sukla month of the Indian calendar.[2]

Hutheesing Jain Temple, located at Ahmedabad in Gujarat, constructed in 1848 AD, is dedicated to him.

  1. ^ Tandon 2002, p. 45.
  2. ^ Tukol 1980, p. 31.