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Lord Shantinath was the sixteenth Tirthankar of the present age (Avasarpini). According to Jain beliefs, he became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma.
Symbol - Deer
| Father |
Vishwasena |
| Mother |
Mata Achira |
| Clan Name |
Ikshvaku |
| Place of Birth |
Gajapura or Hastinapuri |
| Source of Descent |
Sarvarthasiddha |
| Date of Descent (Garbha Kalyanaka) |
Bhadrapadha Krishna 7 |
| Date of Birth (Janma Kalyanaka) |
Jayesth ku. 13 |
| Age |
100,000 years |
| Height |
40 dhanusha (poles) |
| Body Colour |
Golden |
| Date of Enlightenment (Keval Gyana Kalyanaka) |
Paush su. 9 |
| Date of Diksha (Diksha Kalyanaka) |
Jayesth ku. 14 |
| Diksha Tree or Vat Vriksha |
Nandi (Cedrela toona) |
| Place of Nirvana |
Sammed Shikharji |
| Date of Nirvana (Moksha Kalyanaka) |
Jayesth ku. 13 |
| First person to donate food |
Sumithraraja |
| Period of Meditation |
1 Year |
| Chief Disciple (Ganadhar) |
Chakrayuddha |
| Head of Female Ascetics |
Suchi |
| God of Organisation (Yaksh) |
Garuda |
| Goddess of Organisation (Yakshini) |
Nirvani or Kimpurusha or Mahamanasi |
| Heaven |
Sarvarthasiddha |
| No. of Muni |
62,000 |
| No. of Aryika |
61,600 |
| No. of Shravak |
2,90,000 |
| No. of Shravika |
3,93,000 |
Famous Shantinath Temples
Shantinath Temple, Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh
Delwara Jain Temples, Mt. Abu, Rajasthan
Shri Shantinath (Nougaja) Digambar Jain Atishaya Kshetra, Kolaras, Dist. Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh
Shri Shantinath Temple, Sector-4, Gurgaon, Haryana
Shantinath Temple, Hastinapur, Uttar Pradesh
Jain Temple, Bajrangarh, Guna District, Madhya Pradesh
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