Kunthunatha

Kunthunatha
17th Tirthankara, 6th Chakravarti, and 12th Kamadeva
The idol of Kunthunatha Bhagwan at a Jinalaya in Raipur, Chhattisgarh
Venerated inJainism
PredecessorShantinatha
SuccessorAranatha
SymbolGoat
Height35 bows (105 metres)
Ageover 95,000 years
ColorGolden
Genealogy
Born
Died
Parents
  • Śurya (father)
  • Śrīdevī (mother)
DynastyIkshvaku dynasty

Kunthunath was the seventeenth Tirthankara, sixth Chakravartin and twelfth Kamadeva of the present half time cycle, Avasarpini. According to Jain beliefs, he became a siddha, liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma. Kunthunatha was born to King Surya (Sura) and Queen Shridevi at Hastinapur in the Ikshvaku dynasty on the fourteenth day of the Vaishakh Krishna month of the Indian calendar.