Siddhartha of Kundagrama

Siddhartha

King Siddhartha instructs his courtiers to summon astrologers to interpret the dreams of his wife Trishala, Kalpa Sutra, 1503.
Spouse Trishala

Siddartha was the father of Mahavira, the 24th and last Jain Tirthankara. He was a Kshatriya from Ikshvaku dynasty[1] and the ruler of the Nata, or Jnatri clan in Kshatriyakundagrama, a suburb of Vaishali (Basarh in modern-day Bihar). Some sources believe his wife to have been Devananda, a Brahmin, while other traditional sources name his wife as the Kshatriya, Trishala (also known as Videhadinna or Priyakarni).[2]

The parents of Tirthankaras are worshipped among Jains.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ Sunavala 1934, p. 52.
  2. ↑ "Mahavira, Jaina teacher". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  3. ↑ Shah 1987, p. 47.

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