Chandraprabhuswami Bhagwaan

Lord Chandraprabhu was the eighth Jain 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 - Moon

Father	Sri Mahsen
Mother	Mata Laxmana
Clan Name	Ikshvaku
Source of Descent	Vijayant
Date of Descent (Garbha Kalyanaka)	Chaitra Krishna Paksh 5
Place of Birth	Chandrapuri
Date of Birth (Janma Kalyanaka)	Paush Krishna Paksh 12
Age	10 Lac Purva
Height	150 dhanusha (poles)
Body Colour	White
Place of Enlightenment	Chandrapuri
Date of Enlightenment (Kevala Gyana Kalyanaka)	Badhva Krishna Paksh 7
Date of Diksha (Diksha Kalyanaka)	Paush Krishna Paksh 13
Diksha Tree or Vat Vriksha	Naga
First person to donate food	Somadatta
Period of Meditation	14 years
Place of Nirvana	Sammed Shikharji
Date of Nirvana (Moksha Kalyanaka)	Falgun Krishna Paksh 7
Chief Disciple (Ganadhar)	Datta
Head of Female Ascetics	Sumana
God of Organisation (Yaksh)	Vijay
Goddess of Organisation (Yakshini)	Bhrikuti
Heaven	Vijayanta
No. of Muni	2,50,000
No. of Aryika	3,80,000
No. of Shravak	2,50,000
No. of Shravika	4,10,000

Famous Chandraprabhu Temples

Chandraprabhu Temple, Tijara, Rajasthan
Shri Digambar Jain Siddha Kshetra Muktagiri, Mendhagiri, District - Baitool, Madhya Pradesh
Jain Temple, Jaisalmer Fort, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan

Previous Births of Chandraprabhu

In his previous incarnation as king Padma of Mangalavati town of Dhatkikhand, the being that was to become Bhagavan Chandraprabhu earned Tirthankar-nam-and-gotra-karma. Spending a life time as a god in Anuttar Vijay dimension he descended into the womb of queen Lakshmana, wife of king Mahasen of Chandranana town.

Birth of Lord Chandraprabhu

Chaitra Krishna 5 was the day when early in the morning, queen Lakshmana saw fourteen (sixteen according to Digamabara Jain Sect) auspicious dreams, she called upon a dream expert and learnt the meaning of her dreams. This created a pleasant atmosphere all over. People were friendly and exchanging gifts. She and king Mahasen were filled with joy to know that their and their family’s name will be immortal in the world as they were to be the parents of Tirthankar. During her pregnancy, one day the queen was looking at the splendors and glowing full-moon. All of a sudden she had a strange desire to drink the glowing streak of moon light. The king cleverly managed to satisfy this strange desire of a pregnant mother. On Paushya Krishna 13 (according to Hindu Calendar) Queen Lakshmana gave birth to a son. It was an atmosphere of festival all over.

Naming Ceremony

Queen was resting on a bed, that had blue colored bed sheet over it. She was also wearing blue dress with blue dupatta. The child was covered with this dupatta that had silver studs on it. It seemed as if among the stars, moon is laughing. So they decided to keep the name of the child as ‘Chandraprabhu’.

Chandraprabhu as king

Chandraprabhu turned out to be of matured, patient, courageous and understanding nature. His popularity spread all over. Where ever he went, people agreed to whatever he said. He was married first to Surdatta and then to many more. King Mahasen handled over the responsibility of the kingdom to Chandraprabhu and went into jungles in search of Moksha.

Path of Renunciation

One day Chandraprabh was sitting in the balcony of his palace and was into deep meditation. He was thinking that he should get out of this cycle of birth and rebirth. He then heard someone saying that he should move ahead to achieve the main goal of his birth, of his life. The entire human community is waiting for the knowledge which he will give them. When he opened his eyes there was nobody but he understood that they were Lokantik Dev. He realized the real purpose of his life. Straight away he went to his mother’s room and asked her permission for accepting asceticism. After this day King chandraprabhu gave charity every day for the entire one year. After an year, he went outside the town, discarded all his worldly possessions, removed hairs with fist and took diksha and disappeared into jungles.

Omniscience and Nirvana

After three months of acute spiritual practices, under Priyungu tree, he shed away all the four Ghati Karmas and attained omniscience. For a considerably long period he continued to enlighten the people and propagate the true religion. When his end approached he went to Sammed shikharji and after a month of long fast and meditation got liberated i.e. got Nirvana.

Padmaprabhu Bhagwaan

Lord Padmaprabhu was the sixth Jain 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 - Lotus

Father	Sri Sridhar
Mother	Mata Sushima
Clan Name	Ikshvaku
Source of Descent	Ninth Graiveyak
Date of Descent (Garbha Kalyanaka)	Magh Krishna Paksh 8
Place of Birth	Kaushambi
Date of Birth (Janma Kalyanaka)	Kartik Krishna Paksh 12
Age	30 Lac Purva
Height	250 dhanusha (poles)
Body Colour	Red
Place of Enlightenment	Kaushambi
Date of Enlightenment (Kevala Gyana Kalyanaka)	Chaitra Shukla Paksh 15
Date of Diksha (Diksha Kalyanaka)	Kartik Krishna Paksh 13
Diksha Tree or Vat Vriksha	Chhatra
Place of Nirvana	Sammed Shikharji
Date of Nirvana (Moksha Kalyanaka)	Margshirsh Krishna Paksh 11
Chief Disciple (Ganadhar)	Suvrat
Head of Female Ascetics	Rati
God of Organisation (Yaksh)	Kusum
Goddess of Organisation (Yakshini)	Shyama
Heaven	Uvarimagraiveka

Famous Padmaprabhu Temples

Padamprabhu Temple, Padampura, Jaipur, Rajasthan

Previous Births of Padmaprabhu

Maharaja Aparajita ruled over Sushima town in the Purva Mahavideh area. He was a simple and religious person. He got detached after listening to the discourse of an Arhant and took Diksha from Acharya Pihitashrava. As a result of long spiritual practices he earned Tirthankar-nam-and-gotra-karma. Completing his age, he reincarnated as a god in the Graiveyak dimension.

Birth of Lord Padmaprabhu and Naming Ceremony

From the dimension of gods, the being that was Aparajit descended into the womb of queen Sushima, wife of the king Kaushambi. One day queen Sushima had a desire to sleep on a bed made up of lotus flowers. As this was a desire of a pregnant mother, the gods made arrangements for its fulfillment. On the twelfth day of the dark half of the month of Kartik the queen gave birth to a son. The new born had a soft pink glow like lotus flowers. The king named him as Padmaprabhu.

Padmaprabhu as king

Prince Padmaprabhu, grew up in all repect. He was married and one day king Dhar was sitting with all the respected members of the kingdom. He announced that from this day onwards Padmprabhu will handle all the responsibilities of the kingdom and he and his wife will lead their lives in spiritual practices. The decision was happily accepted by all. Padmprabhu stood up and said, “I have no desire to become a king . I am just respecting the words of my father. The kingdom is of everybody and not of me alone. I would take only the amount needed for survival and the rest will all be of the people of kingdom”. All were more than happy on this note.

Path of Renunciation

Padmprabhu use to perform his duties towards the kingdom very nicely, but now he started spending more time in meditation in a small place near his lotus river. And one fine day while in meditation he attained the entire knowledge of his past incarnations. He saw the reasons why he had to come on earth from heaven and he decided to take diksha and move on the path he has taken birth for. The next morning he stood under a tree, discarded all his worldly things, removed his hair in five fistfuls and recited ‘Namo Sidhanam’. He moved on the way where he could destroy all the Karmas attached with him and preach the world the importance of life, religion and right Karmas.

Omniscience and Nirvana

After six months of spiritual practices, on the full moon day of the month of Chaitra he attained omniscience under a banyan tree. Propagating right religion for a long time, Bhagavan Padmaprabhu wandered around and at last arrived at Sammed shikharji. He got Nirvana on the eleventh day of the dark half of the month of Margshirsh.

Sumtinaath Bhagwaan

Sumatinatha was the fifth Jain 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 - Curlew / Goose

Father	Shri Megharaja
Mother	Mata Sumangala
Clan Name	Ikshvaku
Source of Descent	Jayant
Date of Descent (Garbha Kalyanaka)	Shravan Shukla Paksh 2
Place of Birth	Vinita
Date of Birth (Janma Kalyanaka)	Vaishakh Shukla Paksh 8
Age	40 Lac purva
Height	300 dhanusha (poles)
Body Colour	Golden
Place of Enlightenment	Ayodhya
Date of Enlightenment (Kevala Gyana Kalyanaka)	Chaitra Krishna Paksh 11
Date of Diksha	Vaishakh Shukla Paksh 9
Diksha Tree or Vat Vriksha	Vaishakh Shukla Paksh 9
Place of Nirvana	Sammed Shikharji
Date of Nirvana (Moksha Kalyanaka)	Chaitra sukla. 11
Chief Disciple (Ganadhar)	Charama
Head of Female Ascetics	Kashyapi
God of Organisation (Yaksh)	Tumburu
Goddess of Organisation (Yakshini)	Mahakali
Heaven	Jayantavimana
Period of Practices	20 Years
Number of Disciples	100
Number of Ascetics	3.2 Lac
Number of Female Ascetics	5.3 Lac
Male Laity	2.81 Lac
Female Laity	5.16 Lac

Famous Sumatinath Temples

Sumatinath Temple, Bikaner, Rajasthan
Johari Temple, Old Delhi
Kamal Basadi, Belgaum, Karnataka

Previous Births of Sumatinath

In his previous incarnation Lord Abhinandannath's soul was Purushasimha, son of Vijayasen, king of Shankhpur town in the Purva Mahavideh area. While he had gone for a walk in the garden one day, the prince listened to the discourse of Acharya Vinayanandan Dev. He became detached and a turned ascetic. As a result of vigorous penance and higher spiritual practices, he earned the Tirthankar-nam-and-gotra-karma. Completing his age, he reincarnated as a god in the Vijayant dimension.

Birth of Lord Sumatinath

From Vijayant dimension, the soul that was Purushasimha descended into the womb of queen Mangalavati/Sumangala, wife of king Megh of Ayodhya. The news of the queen being pregnant made the atmosphere of Ayodyha live with happiness and joy.

One day two women and a little boy came to the king's court to seek justice. One of the women put forth her case before the king, "Sir! We both are wives of a rich seafaring merchant. Our husband has left for his heavenly abode leaving behind we two, a son, and heaps of wealth. The child truly belongs to me but this second wife of the merchant claims to be her. This is nothing but a conspiracy to grab the wealth that would be inherited by the child. Save me, my Lord! I seek my son and justice from you."

The story narrated by the other woman was also the same. Shouting charges and counter charges at each other, both the women claimed the possession of the child. The child could not indicate his true mother as he had got equal affection from both. As the boy was born in some remote place, there was no eye witness available.

The king was in a quandary. Even after a lot of probing and weighing the evidence he could not solve the problem. Any ill conceived solution could end up in doing injustice to the innocent. The king and his ministers all were in a fix. The night was approaching and the king was getting late for his dinner. He adjourned the case and went into the palace for dinner.

The queen asked, "Today you are late for the dinner, your highness. What is the matter? Was there some complex problem?"

The king narrated the case of the two women and their child and said, "No one is able to say firmly, which one of the women is the real mother of the child and which one is the pretender?"

The queen said with a smile, "Your Highness, let a woman solve the problems of women. Send the case to me and allow me to resolve the issue."

Next morning the queen herself came to the king's court. Both the women and their son were produced before the queen. There was no apparent indication in the behavior and disposition of the two women that could give any indication of the genuineness of one. All of a sudden, the queen got an inspiration and she said, "This enigma has no simple solution. There is one object and two claimants. The object, being a person, cannot be split into two. Under the circumstances the only solution I can think of is to keep the matter pending. I carry a pious soul in my womb. Let us wait till it is born and is ready to resolve this issue. during the period of waiting, let the son and the property of the deceased be taken into the custody of the state. Till then the claimants may wait."

Hearing all of this one of the claimants readily accepted the arrangement but the other started weeping. In a choked voice she said, "No! Please don’t separate me from my son. I will not be able to survive without my son for such a long period, I withdraw my claim. Let the other woman take the child as well as all the property of my husband. My only submission is that I may be allowed at least meet the child. I will be contented with that only."

The queen recognized the pain and concern of a mother’s heart. She gave her judgment, "The woman who immediately agreed to my proposal is the impostor. Her attachment is not to the child but to the wealth. She may be imprisoned. The one who wants to surrender her claim is the real mother. The child and the wealth may be given to her with all honor." Everyone present in the assembly was dumbstruck by this witty method of judgment. The impostor pleaded guilty and submitted to be pardoned.

On the eighth day of the bright half of the month of Vaishakh, the queen gave birth to a son.

Naming Ceremony

A wave of peace and goodwill swept the whole world. Appreciating the fact that the marked improvement in wisdom and sense of judgment during the pregnancy was the influence of the presence of the illustrious and pious soul, king Megh named the new born as-Sumati (wisdom or right thinking).

Sumatinath as prince and king

When Sumatinath grew up he was married to many princesses. Once his father, King Megh, told his wife that he wished to give the responsibility of the kingdom to Sumatinath, since he is grown up, married and hoping to become a father very soon. He also said that he wished to go on the path of devotion and meditation and leave all the worldly things. This worried his queen and she started weeping. At this time his son, Sumatinath, consoled his mother and said, “Mother, it is not good to stop any holy soul to lead on the path of ‘sadhna’. He is a going on the path of salvation, so we should not stop him”.

Path of Renunciation

King Sumatinath thus handled his kingdom with great wisdom, but one day while in deep thoughts, Sumatinath thought about his father and suddenly he heard somebody (probably his inner soul) say, “Lord! the entire humanity is waiting for you, the world of knowledge is waiting for you, start with the real purpose of your life”.

He became detached with materialistic things. For the entire year he distributed the wealth from his both hands among the people. On Vaishaka Shukla 9, in Ayodhya, in a jungle, he removed his hair in just five hand full, removed all the worldly things from his body and became and ascetic and disappeared in jungle.

Omniscience and Nirvana

For 20 years he was on constant meditation and ‘sadhna’. He attained omniscience under a Priyangu tree on the eleventh day of the bright half of the month of Chaitra. He established the four pronged religious ford and became a Tirthankar. On the ninth day of the bright half of the month of Chaitra he got Nirvana at Sammed shikharji.