Ajitanātha
Sign in to saveAjitanatha (lit. invincible) was the second tirthankara of the present age, avasarpini (half time cycle) according to Jainism. He was born to king Jitashatru and Queen Vijaya at Ayodhya in the Ikshvaku dynasty. He was a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Jain
- Deity.deity_of
- 2nd Jain Tirthankara
- Deity.image
- Idol of Ajitnatha at Taranga.jpg
- Deity.caption
- Tirthankara Ajitnatha at Shri Ajitnath Bhagwan Shwetamber Jain Derasar, Taranga
- Deity.alt
- Ajitanatha
- Deity.venerated_in
- Jainism
- Deity.symbol
- Elephant
- Deity.color
- Golden
- Deity.father
- Jitaśatru
- Deity.mother
- Vijayādevī
- Deity.height
- 450 dhanush (1,350 meters)
- Deity.age
- 72 lakh purvas (508.032 x 1018 years old)
- Deity.tree
- Saptaparna (Alstonia scholaris)
- Deity.predecessor
- Rishabhanatha
- Deity.successor
- Sambhavanatha
- Deity.birth_place
- Ayodhya
- Deity.dynasty
- Ikṣvākuvaṁśa
- Deity.siblings
- Sagara (step-brother/cousin)
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Ajitanatha (lit. invincible) was the second tirthankara of the present age, avasarpini (half time cycle) according to Jainism. He was born to king Jitashatru and Queen Vijaya at Ayodhya in the Ikshvaku dynasty. He was a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma.
==In Jain texts== Ajitnatha (lit. invincible) was the second tirthankara of the present age, avasarpini (half time cycle in Jain cosmology) according to Jainism. Ajitnatha was born in the town of Saketa to King Jitashatru and Queen Vijaya at Ayodhya (Vinita-Saketa) in the Ikshvaku dynasty on magha-shukla-dashmi (the tenth day of the bright half of the month of Magha). His height was 450 bows or 2,700 feets. He lived for a span of 72 lakh purva.
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