Munisuvrata

Munisuvrata
Munisuvrata
20th Tirthankara
Member of Tirthankara, Shalakapurusha, Arihant and Siddha
	Idol of Munisuvrata at Swasti Dham Jain Temple, Jahazpur, Rajasthan
Venerated in	Jainism
Predecessor	Mallinatha
Successor	Naminatha
Symbol	Tortoise
Age	30,000
Color	Black
Gender	Male
Genealogy
Born	Rajgir
Died	Sammed Shikhar
Parents	Sumitra (father); Padmāvatī (mother);
Dynasty	Hari clan

Munisuvrata or Munisuvratanatha (IAST: Munisuvratanātha) (Devanagari: मुनिसुव्रतनाथ) (Sanskrit: मुनिसुव्रतः) was the twentieth Tirthankara of the present half time cycle (avasarpini) in Jain cosmology. He became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of his karma. Events of the Jaina version of Ramayana are placed at the time of Munisuvrata. Munisuvrata lived for over 30,000 years. His chief apostle (gaṇadhara) was sage Malli Svāmi.

^ Tandon 2002, p. 45.

[FOOTNOTETandon200245-1] Tandon 2002, p. 45.

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