Vasupujya

Vasupujya
12th Jain Tirthankara
Vasupujya
Venerated in Jainism
Predecessor Shreyansanatha
Successor Vimalanatha
Symbol Buffalo[1]
Height 70 bows (210 metres)[2]
Age 7,200,000 years
Color Red
Personal information
Born Champapur
Died Champapur
Parents
  • Vasupujya (father)
  • Jaya (Vijaya) (mother)

Vasupujya Swami was the twelfth tirthankara in Jainism of the avasarpini (present age). According to Jain beliefs, he became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma. Vasupujya was born to King Vasupujya and Queen Jaya Devi at Champapuri in the Ikshvaku dynasty. His birth date was the fourteenth day of the Falgun Krishna month of the Indian calendar. He never married and remained a celibate. He attained Kevala Jnana within one month of Tapsya and Moksha at Champapuri, of North Bengal in India on the fourteenth day of the bright half of the month of Ashadh.

Biography

Vasupujya Swami was the 12th tirthankara in Jainism of the Avasarpini (present age).[3] According to Jain beliefs, he became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma. Vasupujya was born to King Vasupujya and Queen Jaya Devi at Champapuri in the Ikshvaku dynasty. His birth date was the fourteenth day of the Falgun Krishna month of the Indian calendar.[3] He never married and remained a celibate. He attained Kevala Jnana within one month of Tapsya and Moksha at Champapuri, of North Bengal in India on the fourteenth day of the bright half of the month of Ashadh.[4]

The second Vasudeva, Dwiprishtaha, was his devotee. He and his brother Baldeva Shrivijay conquered Prativasudeva Tark and brought his oppressive rule to an end. Shrivijay later joined the ascetic order of Lord Vasupujya.[4]

Temples

Statue

The tallest statue of Vasupujya, 31 feet in height, was inaugurated at Nathnagar Temple, Champapur, Bhagalpur, Bihar in 2014. The statue was constructed and donated by Smt Sona Devi Sethi Charitable Trust, based at Phulchand Sethi complex Dimapur.[5][6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Tandon 2002, p. 44.
  2. ↑ Sarasvati 1970, p. 444.
  3. 1 2 Tukol 1980, p. 31.
  4. 1 2 Jain 2009, p. 81.
  5. ↑ "Deity gift from Nagaland", The Telegraph, 7 January 2014
  6. ↑ Vasupujya

Sources

  • Johnson, Helen M. (1931), Vasupujyacaritra (Book 4.2 of the Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra), Baroda Oriental Institute
  • Tukol, T. K. (1980), Compendium of Jainism, Dharwad: University of Karnataka
  • Jain, Arun Kumar (2009), Faith & Philosophy of Jainism, Gyan Publishing House, ISBN 9788178357232, retrieved 2017-10-08
  • 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
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