Siddhartha of Kundagrama

Siddhartha
King Siddhartha instructs his courtiers to summon astrologers to interpret the dreams of his wife Trishala, Kalpa Sutra, 1503.
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Spouse Trishala

Siddartha (/sɪˈdɑːrtə, -θə/) was the father of Mahavira, the 24th and last Jain Tirthankara. He was a Kshatriya from Ikshvaku dynasty[1] and the ruler of the Nata, or Jnatri clan in Kshatriyakundagrama, a suburb of Vaishali (Basarh in modern-day Bihar). Some sources believe his wife to have been Devananda, a Brahmin, while other traditional sources name his wife as the Kshatriya, Trishala (also known as Videhadinna or Priyakarni).[2]

The parents of Tirthankaras are worshipped among Jains.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ Sunavala 1934, p. 52.
  2. ↑ "Mahavira, Jaina teacher". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  3. ↑ Shah 1987, p. 47.

Bibliography

  • Shah, Umakant Premanand (1987), Jaina-Rupa Mandana: Jaina Iconography, 1, India: Shakti Malik Abhinav Publications, ISBN 81-7017-208-X
  • Sunavala, A.J. (1934), Adarsha Sadhu: An Ideal Monk. (First paperback edition, 2014 ed.), Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9781107623866, retrieved 1 September 2015
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