Munisuvrata | |
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20th Tirthankara | |
Member of Tirthankara, Shalakapurusha, Arihant and Siddha | |
Venerated in | Jainism |
Predecessor | Mallinatha |
Successor | Naminatha |
Symbol | Tortoise[1] |
Age | 30,000 |
Color | Black |
Gender | Male |
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Dynasty | Hari dynasty |
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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.