Sumatinatha

Template:Short description Template:Pp Template:Template otherTemplate:Wikidata imageTemplate:Compare image with Wikidata Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Indian English Template:Sidebar with collapsible lists Sumatinatha was the fifth Jain Tirthankara of the present age (Avasarpini). Sumatinatha was born to a Kshatriya King Megha (Megharatha) and Queen Mangalavati (Sumangalavati) at Ayodhya in the Ikshvaku dynasty. His Janma Kalyanak (birthday) was the eighth day of the Vaisakha Sudi month of the Jain calendar.

Tradition

Sumatinatha was the fifth Jain Tirthankara of the present age (Avasarpini).Template:Sfn 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.Template:Sfn

He attained Kevala Jnana under sala or priyangu tree.Template:Sfn He became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma. Sumithanatha is associated with Heron (Krauncha) emblem, Priyangu tree, Tumburu (Purushadatta) Yaksha and Mahakala Yakshi.Template:Sfn

In his previous incarnation, Sumatinatha was an Indra in the Jayanta Vimana.Template:Sfn

Adoration

Svayambhustotra by Acharya Samantabhadra is the adoration of twenty-four tirthankaras. Its five slokas (aphorisms) are dedicated to Sumatinātha.Template:Sfn Last of which is:

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!Template:Sfn

Main temples

• Bhandasar Jain Temple, Bikaner
• Talajaji
• Sumati Dham, Indore

• Outer part of Sumati Dham Digambar Jain Temple
  Outer part of Sumati Dham Digambar Jain Temple

See also

• God in Jainism
• Arihant (Jainism)
• Jainism and non-creationism
• Ikshvaku dynasty
• 24 Tirthankaras of present time cycle