Jambuswami
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| Avatar birth | 543 BC |
| Avatar end | 449 BC |
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Jambuswami (543–449 BCE) was the spiritual successor of Sudharmaswami in Jain religious order reorganised by Mahavira.[1][2] He remained the head for 39 or 44 years, after which he is believed to have attained Kevala Jnana (omniscience).[1][3] He was the last kevali (omniscient being) for the present descending half time cycle in the Jain tradition.[4] He is believed to have attained moksha (liberation) at the age of 84 in Mathura.[1][3][5]
Jambu was succeeded by Prabhava (443-338 BCE), who was converted from banditry by him.[2] Prabhava was succeeded by Shayyambhava (377-315 BCE).[2] Shayyambhava composed Dasavaikalika sutra after studying the fourteen purvas (pre-canonical texts).[2] He was initiated as a Jain monk.[6] He initiated his son as a monk at the age of eight and taught him sacred knowledge in 10 lectures in six months, after which the latter died.[7]
Shayyambhava was succeeded by Yasobhadra (351-235 BCE), who was succeeded by his two disciples, Sambhutavijaya (347-257 BCE) and Bhadrabahu (322-243 BCE).[7]
Temples and legacy
[edit]Mathura Chaurasi Digamber Jain Mandir in Uttar Pradesh stands as a premier center for worship of Jambuswami.[8] This temple complex features a white marble idol of Ajitanatha, second tirthankara, as its primary enshrined deity (moolnayak), which was historically recovered during an archaeological excavation in Gwalior.[8] The site is also deeply revered within Jain universal history as the exact location where Jambuswami (the final omniscient being, or Kevali, of the current cosmic age) attained ultimate liberation (moksha), with his venerated footprints (charan) actively worshipped alongside Ajitanatha's idol.[9]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- 1 2 3 Natubhai Shah 2004, p. 39.
- 1 2 3 4 Natubhai Shah 2004, p. 41.
- 1 2 Pramansagar 2014, p. 46.
- ↑ Kshamasagar 2009, p. 132.
- ↑ "Jain Chaurasi Temple in Mathura, Jain Chaurasi Mandir Address". www.mathuraonline.in. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- ↑ Natubhai Shah 2004, pp. 41–42.
- 1 2 Natubhai Shah 2004, p. 42.
- 1 2 Tandon 2002, p. 45.
- ↑ Cort 2001a, p. 202.
Sources
[edit]- Cort, John E. (2001a), Jains in the World : Religious Values and Ideology in India, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-513234-2
- Kshamasagar (2009), jain darshan, Maitreesamoh, ISBN 978-81-7628-017-4
- Pramansagar (2014), jain dharma aur darshan, Nirgranth Foundation, ISBN 978-81-7483-007-4
- Shah, Natubhai (2004) [First published in 1998], Jainism: The World of Conquerors, vol. I, Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 978-81-208-1938-2
- Tandon, Om Prakash (2002) [1968], Jaina Shrines in India (1 ed.), New Delhi: Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, ISBN 81-230-1013-3
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