Sumatinatha

Sumatinatha
Fifth Jain Tirthankara
Image of Sumatinatha at a Jain temple
Details
Predecessor	Abhinandananatha
Successor	Padmaprabha
Royalty
Dynasty/Clan	Ikshvaku
Family
Parents	Megharatha (father) Sumangala (mother)
Kalyanaka / Important Events
Born	10222 years ago Ayodhya
Moksha place	Shikharji
Characteristics/Attributes
Complexion	Golden
Symbol	Goose
Height	300 bows (900 meters)
Age	4,000,000 purva (282.24 Quintillion Years Old)
Tree	Priyangu
Kevalakāla
Yaksha	Tumbru
Yakshini	Purusadatta (Dig.) or Mahakali (Sve.)
Ganadhara	Vajra, Chamara and Kasyapi

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 birth date was the eighth day of the Vaisakha shukla month of the Hindu calendar.

Tradition

In his previous incarnation, Sumatinatha was an Indra in the Jayanta Vimana. According to Jain beliefs, he became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma.

Adoration

Svayambhustotra by Acharya Samantabhadra is the adoration of twenty-four tirthankaras. Its five slokas (aphorisms) are dedicated to Sumatinātha. 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!

See also

• God in Jainism
• Arihant (Jainism)
• Jainism and non-creationism
• Ikshvaku dynasty