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Bhagavan Ajit Nath(Second Jain Tirthankara)
(श्रीअजितनाथ )
Lord Ajitnath was the second Jain Tirthankar of the present age (Avasarpini). According to Jain beliefs, he became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma.
Symbol - Elephant
अर्हन्तमजितं विश्व कमलाकर भास्करम्।
अम्लान केवलादर्श सक्रान्त जगतं स्तुवे।।
जिस तरह सूर्य से कमल-वन आनन्दित होता है, उसी तरह जिस से यह सारा जगत् आनन्दित है, जिसके केवल क्षान रूपी निर्मल दर्पण में सारे लोकों का प्रतिबिम्ब पङता है, उस अजितनाथ प्रभु की स्तुति करते है। -श्री हेमचन्द्रचार्य
Life of Lord Ajit Nath
Ajitnatha was born at Ayodhya in the Ikshvaku clan. His father was King Jitashatru Raja and mother was Queen Vijaya. Before his birth Queen  Vijaya Devi saw fourteen auspicious dreams. The augers were consulted and they informed that
Vijaya Devi will give birth to a Tirthankar. The queen gave birth to a son on the eighth day of the bright half of the month of Magh and the king named the new born as the Ajit.
When king Jitshatru became old he called Ajit and asked him to take over the
throne, but Ajit was a naturally detached person since childhood, so he politely declined the throne offered by the king. Ajit became an ascetic in his youth and went into remote and dense forests for his meditation and penance. His personality and the intensity of his lofty practices cast a pacifying influence all around. Natural enemies in the animal kingdom, like lion and cow, wolf and deer, snake and mongoose used to come and sit around him peacefully.
After a twelve year period of deep meditation and other spiritual practices attained omniscience on the eleventh day of the bright half of the month of Paush. When his last moments were approaching, Bhagavan Ajitnath went Sammedshikhar. With one thousand other ascetics, he commenced his final meditation. He attained Nirvana on the fifth day of the bright half of the month of Chaitra (Chaitra Sukla 5). The gods created the divine pavilion and Bhagawan Ajitnath gave his eloquent and magnetic discourses. Thousands of people accepted the path of renunciation.
| Father |
Jitshatru |
| Mother |
Vijayasena |
| Clan Name |
Ikshvaku |
| Source of Descent |
Vijaya |
| Date of Descent (Garbha Kalayanaka) |
Jyeshtha Krishna Paksha 30 |
| Place of Birth |
Ayodhya |
| Date of Birth (Janma Kalyanaka) |
Magh Shukla Paksha 10 |
| Age |
72 Lac purva |
| Height |
450 dhanusha (poles) |
| Body Colour |
Golden |
| Date of Diksha (Diksha Kalyanaka) |
Magh Shukla Paksha 10 |
| Diksha Tree or Vat Vriksha |
Shala(Shorea robusta) |
| Place of Enlightenment |
Ayodhya |
| Date of Enlightenment (Kevala Gyana Kalyanaka) |
Paush Shukla Paksha 11 |
| Place of Nirvana |
Sammed Shikharji |
| Date of Nirvana (Moksha Kalyanaka) |
Chaitra Shukla Paksha 5 |
| Chief Disciple (Ganadhar) |
Shimahasena |
| Head of Female Ascetics |
Phalgu |
| God of Organisation (Yaksha) |
Mahayaksha |
| Goddess of Organisation (Yakshini) |
Ajitbala or Rohini |
| Heaven |
Vijayavimana |
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