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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|5th Tirthankara in Jainism}}<br />
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{{Infobox deity<br />
| type = Jain<br />
| deity_of = 5th Jain [[Tirthankara]]<br />
| image = File:Jain statues in Anwa, Rajasthan 19.jpg<br />
| caption = Image of Lord Sumatinatha at a Jain temple<br />
| alt = Sumatinatha<br />
| venerated_in = [[Jainism]]<br />
| symbol = [[Goose]]<br />
| color = Golden<br />
| father = Meghaprabha<br />
| mother = Sumangala<br />
| height = 300 bows (900 meters)<br />
| age = 4,000,000 purva (282.24 [[Quintillion]] Years Old)<br />
| tree = [[Aglaia elaeagnoidea|Priyangu]]<br />
| predecessor = [[Abhinandananatha]]<br />
| successor = [[Padmaprabha]]<br />
| birth_place = [[Ayodhya]]<br />
| moksha_place = [[Shikharji]]<br />
}}<br />
{{Jainism}}<br />
'''Sumatinatha''' was the fifth [[Jain]] [[Tirthankara]] of the present age ([[Avasarpini]]). Sumatinatha was born to [[Kshatriya]] King Megha (Meghaprabha) and Queen Mangala (Sumangala) at [[Ayodhya]] in the [[Ikshvaku dynasty]]. His Janma Kalyanak (birthday) was the eighth day of the Vaisakha Sudi month of the [[Jain calendar]].<br />
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== Tradition ==<br />
Sumatinatha was the fifth [[Jain]] [[Tirthankara]] of the present age ([[Avasarpini]]).{{sfn|Tukol|1980|p=31}} Sumatinatha was born to [[Kshatriya]] King Megha (Meghaprabha) and Queen Mangala (Sumangala) at [[Ayodhya]] in the [[Ikshvaku dynasty]]. His birth date was the eighth day of the Vaisakha Sudi month of the [[Jain calendar]].{{sfn|Tukol|1980|p=31}}<br />
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He attained ''[[Kevala Jnana]]'' under sala or priyangu tree.{{sfn|Krishna|Amirthalingam|2014|p=46}} According to Jain beliefs, he became a [[Moksha (Jainism)|siddha]], a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its [[Karma in Jainism|karma]]. Lord Sumithanatha is associated with Heron (Krauncha) emblem, Priyangu tree, Tumburu (Purushadatta) [[Yaksha]] and Mahakala [[Yakshi]].{{sfn|Tandon|2002|p=44}}<br />
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In his previous incarnation, Lord Sumatinatha was an [[Indra]] in the Jayanta Vimana.{{sfn|Umakant P. Shah|1987|p=136}}<br />
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== Adoration ==<br />
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''Svayambhustotra'' by ''[[Acharya (Jainism)|Acharya]]'' [[Samantabhadra (Jain monk)|Samantabhadra]] is the adoration of twenty-four tirthankaras. Its five slokas ([[aphorism]]s) are dedicated to ''Sumatinātha''.{{sfn|Vijay K. Jain|2015|p=28-35}} Last of which is: {{quote|The attributes of existence and non-existence in an object are valid from particular standpoints; the validity of the statement is contingent on the speaker's choice, at that particular moment, of the attribute that he wishes to bring to the fore as the other attribute is relegated to the background. O Lord Sumatinātha, you had thus explained the reality of substances; may your adoration augment my intellect!{{sfn|Vijay K. Jain|2015|p=35}}}}<br />
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==Main temples==<br />
* [[Bhandasar Jain Temple]], [[Bikaner]]<br />
* [[Shri Talaja ji]], [[Talaja, Bhavnagar|Talaja]]<br />
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<gallery><br />
File:Bhanda_Shah_JainTemple.jpg|Bhandasar Jain Temple<br />
File:Bhandasar Jain Temple.jpg|Main vedi of Bhandasar Jain Temple<br />
File:Bhandasar Jain Temple-1.jpg|Paintings in Bhandasar Jain Temple<br />
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==See also==<br />
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*[[God in Jainism]]<br />
*[[Arihant (Jainism)]]<br />
*[[Jainism and non-creationism]]<br />
*[[Ikshvaku dynasty]]<br />
*[[Tirthankara|24 Tirthankaras of present time cycle]]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==References==<br />
* {{citation |last=Johnson |first=Helen M. |author-link=Helen M. Johnson |title=Sumatinathacaritra (Book 3.3 of the Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra) |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/jainism/book/trishashti-shalaka-purusha-caritra/d/doc212719.html |publisher=[[Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda#Oriental Institute|Baroda Oriental Institute]] |date=1931 }}<br />
* {{citation|last=Jain |first=Vijay K. |author-link=Vijay K. Jain |title=Acarya Samantabhadra's Svayambhustotra: Adoration of The Twenty-four Tirthankara |date=2015 |publisher=[[Vikalp Printers]] |isbn=978-81-903639-7-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xI8HBgAAQBAJ |quote={{PD-notice}} |ref={{sfnref|Vijay K. Jain|2015}} |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150916101903/https://books.google.com/books?id=xI8HBgAAQBAJ |archive-date=16 September 2015 }}<br />
* {{citation |last=Krishna |first=Nanditha |author-link=Nanditha Krishna |last2=Amirthalingam |first2=M. |author-link2=M. Amirthalingam |title=Sacred Plants of India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M_xsAwAAQBAJ |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |date=2014 |orig-year=2013 |isbn=978-9-351-18691-5 }}<br />
* {{citation |last=Shah |first=Umakant Premanand |author-link=Umakant Premanand Shah |title=Jaina-rūpa-maṇḍana: Jaina iconography |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m_y_P4duSXsC |date=1987 |publisher=[[Abhinav Publications]] |isbn=81-7017-208-X |ref={{sfnref|Umakant P. Shah|1987}} }}<br />
* {{citation |last=Tandon |first=Om Prakash |author-link=Om Prakash Tandon |title=Jaina Shrines in India |publisher=[[Publications Division]], [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]], [[Government of India]] |isbn=81-230-1013-3 |date=2002 |orig-year=1968 |edition=1 |location=[[New Delhi]] }}<br />
* {{citation |last=Tukol |first=T. K. |author-link=T. K. Tukol |title=Compendium of Jainism |publisher=[[University of Karnataka]] |date=1980 |location=[[Dharwad]] }}<br />
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