Shri Jiravala Parsvanath,Santhu
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Parsva endures torments from evil God Kamatha and is protected by serpent god Dharnendra and his consort Padmavati devi. Folio 15th century Jain art from Kalpasutra series.
Notable temples
Many temples are dedicated to Lord Parshvanath throughout India. There are at least 108 different images (names/ roop) by which he is honored. Some of the most famous ones are:
- Shri Jain temples of Khajuraho Parshavanath
- Shri AmijharaParshavanath
- Shri Andheshwar Parshvanath near Banswara(Raj.)
- Shri Shankheshwar Parshvanath
- Shri Nakoda Parshvanath
- Shri Nageshwar Parshvanath
- Shri Kalikund Parshvanath
- Sammet Sikhar in Jharkand
- Humbaj Padmavati in Karnataka
- Shri Chintamani Parshvanath in Navsari
- Shri Avanti Parshvanath in Ujjain
- Shri Panchasara Parshvanath in Patan, Gujarat
- Shri Adinath Jain Temple, Santhu, Bagra (Marwar), Jalore, Rajasthan.
- Shri Munisuvrata-Nemi-Parsva Jinalaya, Santhu, Bagra (Marwar), Jalore, Rajasthan.
- Shri Uvasagarham Parshavnath Jianalaya, Nagpura, Rajnandgoan, Chhattisgarh.
- Shri Appandainathar Jinalaya,Thirunarunkundram, Villupuram
- district,Tamilnadu.
Shri Valmiki Parshvanath Bhagwan
Iconography
Lord Pārśvanātha is always represented with the hood of a nāga shading his head. This nāga usually has three, seven or eleven heads. The Yaksha Dharanendra and the Yakshi Padmavati are often shown flanking him. There is a famous legend about the three of them as follows:
Parshvanath was walking one day when he saw an old man next to a fire. With a special type of knowledge called Avdhignan he could tell that a pair of snakes was in one of the logs in the fire. He quickly warned the man that he was burning the snakes, but instead of acting rapidly to save them, the man became angry at Parshvanath and denied the presence of the snakes. Parshavanath pulled out the right log and put it out, then gently split it, revealing two badly burned snakes. He recited the Navkar Mantra, a prayer, for them before they died. The two nagas reincarnated to become the two Yakshas, Dharanendra and Padmavati.[citation needed]
Image of Lord Parsva, Parasvanatha Jain Temple, at Mt. Shatrunjay, Gujarat,India
Shri Valmiki Parshvanath Bhagwan
Pārśva
23rd Jain Tirthankara
23rd Jain Tirthankara
Details Alternate name: Parasnath Historical date: 877 – 777 BCE Family Father: Asvasena Mother: Vamadevi Dynasty: Ikshvaku Places Birth: Kashi (Banaras) Nirvana: Sammed Shikhar Attributes Colour: Blue Symbol: Snake Height: 7.7142852 Feet Age At Death: 100 years old Attendant Gods Yaksha: Vaman Yaksini: Padmavati
Parshva
Details Alternate name: Parasnath Historical date: 877 – 777 BCE Family Father: Asvasena Mother: Vamadevi Dynasty: Ikshvaku Places Birth: Kashi (Banaras) Nirvana: Sammed Shikhar Attributes Colour: Blue Symbol: Snake Height: 7.7142852 Feet Age At Death: 100 years old Attendant Gods Yaksha: Vaman Yaksini: Padmavati
Parshva
Parshvanath (पार्श्वनाथ) or Parshvanatha (pārśvá-nātha, occasionally spelled Parshvanath orParswanath) was the twenty-third Tirthankara (fordmaker) in Jainism. fl. ca. in the 9th Century BCE, traditionally (877 – 777 BCE).[1][2][3] He is the earliest Jain leader generally accepted as a historical figure.[4] He was a nobleman belonging to the Kshatriya caste. Parshvanath is also known as Appandai or Appandainathar(அப்பாண்டைநாதர்) in Tamil.
Life as a Tirthankara
He lived a life of a nobleman for 30 years and was married, before he renounced the world to become a monk. He meditated for 84 days before attaining Kewalgyan.[5] According to the Jain tradition he attained nirvana 250 years before the nirvana of Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankar.[4]The chronology accepted by most Jains (Svetambaras) places Mahavira's death in 527 BCE.[6]Parshva was the son of king Ashvasena and queen Vama of Varanasi. He renounced the world and became an ascetic when he was 30 years old.[7] He achieved Nirvana atop Sammet Sikhar, now named Parshvanatha after him. He was called purisādāṇīya ("beloved of men"), a name which shows that he must have been a genial personality.[8] He remains beloved among Jains.[9]
There is a mention of four prominent leaders of the order of Lord Parshvanath:
- Gandhara Shubhdatta (Shumbh)
- Arya Haridatta
- Acharya Samudra Suri
- Arya Keshi Shraman
In addition, Parshvanath had ten Ganadhars, or disciples. He also has 108 names.
Arya Keshi Shraman is believed to have been born about 166 to 250 years after the death of Bhagawan Parshvanath. He met Ganadhara Gautam Swami, the main disciple of LordMahavira. Their discussion about the apparent differences between the teachings of the two Tirthankaras is recorded in Jain texts.
Parsvanatha is the 23rd tirthankara or ford-maker. He lived in Varanasi in India around 800 BCE and is the most popular object of Jain devotion. He is closely associated with compassion, although free from the world of rebirth, like all tirthankaras, and therefore unable to aid his devotees personally. [10] Jain religion teaches that a person has to help himself/herself to achieve the salvation. Others can only be a nimitta(efficient cause). A tirthankar teaches the world of the way to attain the salvation.
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