Siddhartha was the father of Mahavira (Vardhamana), the 24th Jain Tirthankara. He was a Kshatriya King from the Ikshvaku dynasty[2] and the ruler of the Nata, Ainwar (Light), Gyat or Jnatri clan in Kshatriya Kundagrama, a suburb of Vaishali. He was married to Licchavi princess Trishala (sister of King Chetaka of Vaishali).[1]
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 King Siddhartha instructs his courtiers to summon astrologers to interpret the dreams of his wife Trishala, Kalpa Sutra, 1503. | |
| Other names | Śreyānśa, Yaśasvī [1] |
| Successor | Nandivardhana |
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| Spouse | Trishala |
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| Dynasty | Ikshvaku dynasty |
The parents of Tirthankaras and their mothers in particular are worshipped among Jains and are frequently depicted in paintings and sculpture.[3] According to the second chapter of the Shvetambara Acharanga Sutra, King Siddhartha and his family were devotees of Parshvanatha.[4][5]After his death, Nandivardhana became the king of the dynasty.
King Siddhartha and Queen Trishala died by observing Santhara (fast unto death) when Vardhamana was 28 years of age.[6][7] Following his parents' demise, Vardhamana decided to take permission from his uncle Suparshva[8] and elder brother Nandivardhana, who dissuaded him from renouncing worldly life for two more years because he was unable to bear the loss of his parents as well as his brother, Vardhamana.[9][7]
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References edit
- ^ a b c d Mahāprajña, Acharya (1974). Shraman Mahavira (PDF). Ladnun: Jain Vishwa Bharati Prakashan. pp. 7, 8.
- ^ Shah 1987, p. 47.
- ^ Kailash Chand Jain 1991, p. 32.
- ^ Dundas 2002, p. 30.
- ^ Mahāprajña, Acharya (1974). Shraman Mahavira (PDF). Ladnun: Jain Vishwa Bharati Prakashan. pp. 11, 12.
- ^ a b "Life & Times of Lord Mahavira". www.culturalindia.net. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ Mahāprajña, Acharya (1974). Shraman Mahavira (PDF). Ladnun: Jain Vishwa Bharati Prakashan. pp. 13, 14.
- ^ Mahāprajña, Acharya (1974). Shraman Mahavira (PDF). Ladnun: Jain Vishwa Bharati Prakashan. pp. 15, 16.
Bibliography edit
- Dundas, Paul (2002) [1992]. The Jains (Second ed.). Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-26605-5.
- Jain, Kailash Chand (1991). Lord Mahāvīra and His Times. Motilal Banarsidass. ISBN 978-81-208-0805-8.
- Shah, Umakant Premanand (1987), Jaina-Rupa Mandana: Jaina Iconography, vol. 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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