Chandraprabha

Chandraprabha
8th Jain Tirthankara
Chandraprabha
Idol of Tirthankar Chandraprabha at a Jain Temple in Jaisalmer Fort, Rajasthan, India
Other namesChanda Prabhu
Venerated inJainism
PredecessorSuparshvanatha
SuccessorPushpadanta
SymbolCrescent Moon
Height150 bows (450 meters)
Age1,000,000 purva (70.56 Quintillion years)
ColorWhite
Genealogy
Born
Died
Parents
  • Mahāsena (father)
  • Lakṣmaṇā (mother)

Chandraprabha (English: Lord of Moon[1]) or Chandranatha is the eighth Tirthankara of Tīrthaṅkara of Jainism in the present age (Avasarpini). According to traditional accounts, he was born to King Mahasena and Queen Lakshmana Devi at Chandrapuri to the Ikshvaku dynasty. According to Jain texts, his birth-date was the twelfth day of the Posh Krishna month of the Indian calendar. He is said to have become a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma.


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