Munisuvrata

Munisuvrata
Member of Tirthankara, Shalakapurusha, Arihant and Siddha
Idol of Munisuvrat at Aagashi Jain Tirtha, Virar, Maharashtra
Venerated inJainism
PredecessorMallinatha
SuccessorNaminatha
SymbolTortoise[1]
Age30,000
ColorBlack
GenderMale
Genealogy
Born
Died
Parents
  • Sumitra (father)
  • Padmāvatī (mother)
DynastyHari dynasty

Munisuvrata or Munisuvratanatha (IAST: Munisuvratanātha) (Devanagari: मुनिसुव्रतनाथ) (Sanskrit: मुनिसुव्रतः) was the twentieth Tirthankara of the present half time cycle (avasarpini) in Jain cosmology. He became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of his karma. Events of the Jaina version of Ramayana are placed at the time of Munisuvrata. Munisuvrata lived for over 30,000 years. His chief apostle (gaṇadhara) was sage Malli Svāmi.

  1. ^ Tandon 2002, p. 45.