Shitalanatha

Shitalanatha
Shitalanatha
10th Jain Tirthankara
	Shri Shitalanatha bhagwan at Badridas Jain temple, Kolkata
Venerated in	Jainism
Predecessor	Pushpadanta
Successor	Shreyansanatha
Symbol	Kalpavriksha (Wishing Tree) As per Digambar. Srivatsa as per Shwetambar
Height	90 bows (270 meters)
Age	100,000 purva (7.056 Quintillion years)
Color	Golden
Genealogy
Born	Bhaddilpur
Died	Shikharji
Parents	Dridharatha (father); Sunanda (mother);

Shitalanatha was the tenth tirthankara of the present age according to Jainism. According to Jain beliefs, he became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma. Jains believe Shitalanatha was born to King Dradhrath and Queen Nanda at Bhaddilpur into the Ikshvaku dynasty. His birth date was the twelfth day of the Magha Krishna month of the Indian national calendar. Shitalanatha is associated with Svastika (Dig.)/ Srivatasa (Svet.) emblem, Pilurikha tree, Brahma Yaksha and Manavi (Dig.) & Ashoka (Svet.) Yakshi.

Biography

Shitalanatha was the tenth tirthankara of the present age according to Jainism.^[1] According to Jain beliefs, he became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma. Jains believe Shitalanatha was born to King Dradhrath and Queen Nanda at Bhaddilpur into the Ikshvaku dynasty.^[1] His birth date was the twelfth day of the Magha Krishna month of the Indian national calendar. Shitalanatha is associated with Svastika (Dig.)/ Srivatasa (Svet.) emblem, Pilurikha tree, Brahma Yaksha and Manavi (Dig.) & Ashoka (Svet.) Yakshi.^[2]