Sambhavanatha

Sambhavanatha was the third Jain tirthankara (omniscient teaching god) of the present age (Avasarpini). Sambhavanatha was born to King Jitari and Queen Susena at Shravasti. His birth date was the fourteenth day of the Margshrsha shukla month of the Indian calendar. Like all arihant (omniscient beings), Sambhavanatha at the end of his life destroyed all associated karmas and attained moksha (liberation).

Sambhavanatha
3rd Jain Tirthankara
The largest known single-stone idol of the 3rd Tirthankara Sambhavnatha at Sambhavnath ni Khadki, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Venerated in	Jainism
Predecessor	Ajitanatha
Successor	Abhinandananatha
Symbol	Horse
Height	400 dhanusa (1,200 meters)
Age	6,000,000 purva
Color	Golden
Genealogy
Born	Shravasti
Died	Sammed Shikhar
Parents	Jitārī (father) Susenā (mother)

Life

Sambhavanatha was the third tirthankara (omniscient Jain teacher) of the present age (Avasarpini).^[1] He was born to King Jitārī and Queen Susena at Sravasti.^[2][3] in the Ikshvaku dynasty.^[1] His height was 400 dhanusa (1,200 meters).^[2] Sambavanatha is associated with Horse emblem, Sala tree,^[4] Trimukha (three-faced) Yaksha and Prajnapthi & Duritari Yakshi.^[5]

According to Jain text Uttarapurāṇa, Sambhavanatha possessed three types of knowledge from birth.^[6]

Prayer

Svayambhustotra by Acarya Samantabhadra is the adoration of twenty-four tirthankaras. Its five slokas (aphorisms) adore the qualities of Sambhavanātha.^[7]

O Lord Sambhavanātha! The worldly life appears to be transient, without a protector, sullied with the blemishes of pride and delusion, and tormented by birth, old-age and death. You had helped worldly souls attain ambrosial happiness by ridding these of the karmic dirt.

— Svayambhustotra (3-2-12)^[8]

Main Temples

• Shobhnath temple: birthplace of Sambhavanatha
• Chaturmukha Basadi, Gerusoppa
• Sambhavanath Temple in Idar, Gujarat

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  Image of Tirthankara Sambhavnatha at Gujari Mahal Archaeological Museum
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  Lord Sumatinatha and Lord Sambhavnatha at Ranthambore Fort
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  Sambhabnath Temple, Madhuban
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  Ruins Shobhnath temple, Shravasti, believed to be birthplace of Sambhavanatha

See also

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

Notes

1. Tukol 1980, p. 31.
2. Vijay K. Jain 2015, p. 183.
3. "Sravasti", asiexbrpatna.bih.nic.in
4. Krishna & Amirthalingam 2014, p. 46.
5. Tandon 2002, p. 44.
6. Jain 2015, p. 15.
7. Vijay K. Jain 2015, p. 16-19.
8. Vijay K. Jain 2015, p. 17.

References

• Johnson, Helen M. (1931), Sambhavajinacaritra (Book 3.1 of the Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra), Baroda Oriental Institute
• Jain, Dr. Pannalal (2015), Uttarapurāṇa of Āchārya Guṇabhadra, Bhartiya Jnanpith, ISBN 978-81-263-1738-7
• Jain, Vijay K. (2015), Acarya Samantabhadra's Svayambhustotra: Adoration of The Twenty-four Tirthankara, Vikalp Printers, ISBN 978-81-903639-7-6, archived from the original on 16 September 2015, This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
• Krishna, Nanditha; Amirthalingam, M. (2014) [2013], Sacred Plants of India, Penguin Books, ISBN 978-9-351-18691-5
• Tandon, Om Prakash (2002) [1968], Jaina Shrines in India (1 ed.), New Delhi: Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, ISBN 81-230-1013-3
• Tukol, T. K. (1980), Compendium of Jainism, Dharwad: University of Karnataka