Chandraprabha
Sign in to saveChandraprabha () or Chandranatha is the eighth Tirthankara of of Jainism in the present age (). According to traditional accounts, he was born to King Mahasena and Queen Lakshmana Devi at Chandrapuri to the Ikshvaku dynasty. According to Jain texts, his birth-date was the twelfth day of the Posh Krishna month of the Indian calendar. He is said to have become a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Jain
- Deity.deity_of
- 8th Jain Tirthankara
- Deity.image
- Tirthankar Chandraprabha.jpg
- Deity.caption
- Idol of Chandraprabha Bhagwan at a Jain Temple in Jaisalmer Fort, Rajasthan, India
- Deity.alt
- Chandraprabha
- Deity.venerated_in
- Jainism
- Deity.other_names
- Chanda Prabhu
- Deity.symbol
- Crescent Moon
- Deity.color
- White
- Deity.father
- Mahāsena
- Deity.mother
- Lakṣmaṇā
- Deity.height
- 150 bows (450 meters)
- Deity.age
- 1,000,000 purva (70.56 Quintillion years)
- Deity.predecessor
- Suparshvanatha
- Deity.successor
- Pushpadanta
- Deity.birth_place
- Chandrapuri
- Deity.moksha_place
- Sammed Shikhar
- Deity.dynasty
- Ikṣvākuvaṁśa
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Chandraprabha () or Chandranatha is the eighth Tirthankara of of Jainism in the present age (). According to traditional accounts, he was born to King Mahasena and Queen Lakshmana Devi at Chandrapuri to the Ikshvaku dynasty. According to Jain texts, his birth-date was the twelfth day of the Posh Krishna month of the Indian calendar. He is said to have become a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma.
== Jain biography == Chandraprabha was the eighth Jain Tīrthankara of the present age (avasarpini). He was born to King Mahasena and Queen Lakshmana Devi at Chandrapuri, Varanasi on 12th day month Pausa in the Ikshvaku clan. Nine months before the birth of Chandraprabha, Queen Lakshmana Devi dreamt the sixteen most auspicious dreams. Mahasena named Tirthankar Chandraprabha because of his complexion was white as moon. According to Uttarapurana, Indra named him Chandraprabha because at his birth the earth and night-lotus were blossomed.