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Simandhar or Simandhara[3] is a Tīrthaṅkara, an arihant, who is said to be currently living in another world in the Jain cosmological universe.
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Residence in Jain cosmology
Simandhar resides at Mahavideh Kshetra, another land within the Jain cosmological universe (see Jain cosmology).[4][5][6]
The five lands of the Bharat Kshetra are currently in the fifth Ara (a degraded time-cycle in which Tirthankaras do not take birth).[7][8] The most recent Tirthankara present on Bharata Kshetra (present world) was Vardhamana Mahavira, whom historians estimate lived between 599 and 527 BCE, the last in a cycle of 24 Tirthankaras.[9][10]
On Mahavideh Kshetra, the fourth Ara like (a spiritually elevated time-cycle) exists continuously. There, Tirthankaras perpetually are born.[11][7] There are 5 Mahavideh Kshetras, each being a separate land. At present, there are 4 Tirthankaras residing in each Mahavideh Kshetra. Thus there are a total of 20 Tirthankaras residing there, Simandhar being one among them.[5]
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Biography per Jain tradition
Simandhar is a living Tirthankara, an Arihant, who is said to be currently present on another world in the Jain cosmological universe.[12][13] The Arihant Simandhar is believed to be currently 150,000 earth years old and has a remaining lifespan of 125,000 earth years. He lives in the city of Pundarikgiri, the capital of Pushpakalavati, one of 32 geographical divisions on Mahavideh Kshetra.[5][14] Pundarikgiri is ruled by King Shreyans, who is Simandhar's father. His mother is Satyaki. While pregnant with Simandhar, Satyaki had a sequence of auspicious dreams indicating that she would give birth to a Tirthankara.[15][16] Simandhar was born with three complete aspects of jnana, or self-knowledge:
- Mati Jnana (see Jain epistemology), knowledge of the 5-sense realm
- Shruta Jnana (see Jain epistemology), knowledge of all forms of communication
- Avadhi Jnana (see Jain epistemology), clairvoyant knowledge[17]
As a young adult, he married Rukamani and then, later in life, took diksha, renunciation from worldly life.[15]
Simandhar's height is 500 dhanushya, approximately 1,500 feet, which is considered an average height for the people of Mahavideh Kshetra.[5]
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Worship
Iconography
Simandhara is usually depicted in a sitting or standing meditative posture with the symbol of a bull beneath him.[18] Every Tīrthankara has a distinguishing emblem that allows worshippers to distinguish similar-looking idols of the Tirthankaras.[19][20][21]
Idol of Simandhar at Shri Bibrod Adinath Jain Shwetamber Tirth, Bibdod, Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh, India
Simandhara in Digambar Jain temple, Ujjain
Simandhar Swamiat Simandhar Jain Temple, Mehsana
Main temples
- Shree Simandhar swami Śvetāmbara Jain Temple,Katargam,Surat
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See also
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