Vimalanatha

Vimalanatha
13th Jain Tirthankara
Vimalanatha
Tirthankara Vimalanatha at Kampilji Shwetambar Jain Temple, Uttar Pradesh
Venerated inJainism
PredecessorVasupujya
SuccessorAnantanatha
SymbolBoar[1]
Height60 bows (180 meters)
Age6,000,000 years
ColorGolden
Genealogy
Born
Died
Parents
  • Kritvarma (father)
  • Shyama (Suramya) (mother)

Vimalanatha was the thirteenth 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. Vimalanatha was born to King Kratavarma and Queen Shyamadevi at Kampilya of the Ikshvaku dynasty. His birth date was the third day of the Magh Sukla month of the Indian calendar.

  1. ^ Tandon 2002, p. 45.