Member of Tirthankara, Salakapurusa, Arihant and Siddha
Idol of Neminatha at Girnar Hill, Gujarat
Other names
Nemi, Nem
Venerated in
Jainism
Predecessor
Naminatha
Successor
Parshvanatha
Symbol
Shankha (conch) [1]
Height
10 bows – 98 feet (30 m)[2]
Age
1000
Color
Black
Gender
Male
Personal information
Born
Ariṣṭanemi
Sauripura
Died
Girnar
Parents
Samudravijaya (father)
Śivādevī (mother)
Dynasty
Yadu clan [3][4]
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Neminātha (Devanagari: नेमिनाथ) (Sanskrit: नेमिनाथः), also known as Nemi and Ariṣṭanemi (Devanagari: अरिष्टनेमि), is the twenty-second Tīrthaṅkara of Jainism in the present age (Avasarpini). Neminatha lived 81,000 years before the 23rd Tirthankara Parshvanatha. According to traditional accounts, he was born to King Samudravijaya and Queen Shivadevi of the Yadu dynasty in the north Indian city of Sauripura. His birth date was the fifth day of Shravana Shukla of the Jain calendar. Krishna, who was the 9th and last Jain Vasudev, was his first cousin.
Neminatha, when heard the cries of animals being killed for his marriage feast, freed the animals and renounced his worldly life and became a Jain ascetic. The representatives of this event are popular in Jain art. He had attained moksha on Girnar Hills near Junagadh, and became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma.
Along with Mahavira, Parshvanatha and Rishabhanatha, Neminatha is one of the twenty-four Tirthankaras who attract the most devotional worship among the Jains. His icons include the eponymous deer as his emblem, the Mahavenu tree, Sarvanha (Digambara) or Gomedha (Śhvētāmbara) Yaksha, and Ambika Yakshi.
Neminātha (Devanagari: नेमिनाथ) (Sanskrit: नेमिनाथः), also known as Nemi and Ariṣṭanemi (Devanagari: अरिष्टनेमि), is the twenty-second Tīrthaṅkara of...
members of the family riding them. The Luna Vasahi or Neminatha temple is dedicated to Neminatha. The temple was built in 1230 by two Porwad brothers -...
tirthankaras rose over time. Two tirthankaras – Munisuvrata, the 20th, and Neminatha, the 22nd – belonged to the Harivamsa dynasty. In Jain tradition, the...
somewhere near east gate of Neminatha temple while the current temple is large one and outside the north gate of the Neminatha temple. Based on its architecture...
Tirthankara, Neminatha. According to this story, Krishna arranged young Neminath's marriage with Rajemati, the daughter of Ugrasena, but Neminatha, empathizing...
along with Krishna are considered as cousins of the revered Tirthankara Neminatha (Aristanemi) by Jains. The Jainism tradition lists 63 Śalākāpuruṣa or...
stated to be a cousin of the twenty-second Tirthankara, Neminatha. The Jain texts state that Neminatha taught Krishna all the wisdom that he later gave to...
have lived long before the 22nd Jain Tirthankara called Neminatha. In the Jain tradition, Neminatha is believed to have been born 84,000 years before the...
Rishabhadev. Luna Vasahi, dedicated to the 22nd Jain Tirthankara, Shri Neminatha. Pittalhar, dedicated to the first Jain Tirthankar, Shri Rishabhadev....
life of Neminatha, the twenty-second Tirthankara in Jainism. According to the Jain sources, Krishna is the first cousin of Tirthankara Neminatha. Therefore...
as shasan-devata with the hood of a snake overhead. The pillars of the Neminatha temple are ornately carved in a manner similar to those of Vimal Vasahi...
temple is also famous for erotic arts on the wall. Neminatha temple There is a temple dedicated to Neminatha with exquisite carvings. Mahavir temple This is...
having four entrance and a chaturmukha idol with images of Parshvanatha, Neminatha, Shantinatha, and Anantanatha representing the four cardinal direction...
the Adinatha (Rishabhanatha) and Mahavira. Stories of Parshvanatha and Neminatha appear in later Jain texts, with the Kalpa Sūtra the first known text...
the idol was installed by Acharya Deva Gupta Suri in 894 CE. An idol of Neminatha was temporarily replaced as mulnayak of the temple. During 2001 Gujarat...
brothers Neminatha (Tirthankara) and Krishna (Naryana) in which Neminath defeats Krishna without any effort at all. There is also a story of Neminatha lifting...
Parshvanatha, Neminatha, and Mahavira, LACMA, Uttar Pradesh, circa 600 Parshvanatha, Art Institute of Chicago, 6th century Parshvanatha, 600-700 Neminatha, 7th...
karma and attained Moksha from Sammed Shikhar nearly 571,750 years before Neminatha. He was preceded by Munisuvrata who is believed to have lived 570,000...
Poet Sivaka Chintamani Poyyamozhi King Gunaveerapandithar Grammarian Neminatha (a grammar work) and Vachanandimaalai (rules for poetry) Bhavanandi Grammarian...
Bhrikuti and Gandhari; or Chamundi Shubha; Anila Shikharji 584,979 BCE 22 Neminatha Aparajitadevaloka Sauripura; Girnar Samudravijaya by Shivadevi Black Shankha...
Samudravijaya was the father of Neminatha (twenty-second Tirthankara) and brother of Vasudeva (father of Krishna). He was born to King Andhakavṛṣṭī of...
Around 900 AD, Gunavarma I wrote "Sudraka" and "Harivamsa" (also known as "Neminatha Purana"). In "Sudraka" he compared his patron, Ganga king Ereganga Neetimarga...
padmasan and kayotsarga. The mulnayak of the temple is black color idol of Neminatha. the temple also houses the idols of Rishabhanatha is padmasan posture...
official named Bichiraja built Kamal Basadi, a Jain temple, dedicated to Neminatha in 1204, which came to be called Kamalabasti. Pillars found inside Belgaum...
Padmaprabha, Chandraprabha, Pushpadanta, Vimalanatha, Dharmanatha, and Neminatha. A Buddhist scripture named Dharmottarapradipa mentions Rishabhanatha...
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