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{{Infobox deity
| type = Jain
| deity_of = 18th [[Tirthankara]], 7th [[Chakravarti (Sanskrit term) #Jainism|Chakravarti]], and 13th [[Kamadeva]]
| image = Shri Arnatha Bhagwan, Amritsar,Punjab.jpg
| alt = Shri Aranatha bhagwan, Amritsar, Punjab
| venerated_in = [[Jainism]]
| symbol = [[Fish]] {{sfn|Tandon|2002|p=45}}
| color = [[Gold (color)|Golden]]
| father = Sudarśana
| mother = Mitrādevī
| height = 30 Bows (90 Metres)
| age = 84,000+
| tree =
| predecessor = [[Kunthunatha]]
| successor = [[Mallinatha]]
| birth_place = [[Hastinapur]]
| moksha_place = [[Shikharji|Sammed Shikhar]]
| caption = The idol of Tirthankara Aranatha in a [[Jain temple|Jinalaya]] at Amritsar,[[Punjab]]
| dynasty = [[Solar dynasty|Ikshvaku dynasty]]
}}
{{Jainism}}
'''Aranath''(Arnath)''''' was the eighteenth [[Jain]] [[Tirthankar]] of the present half cycle of time ([[Avasarpini]]).{{sfn|Tukol|1980|p=31}} He was also the eighth [[Chakravartin]]{{sfn|von Glasenapp|1999|p=308}} and thirteenth [[Kamadeva]]. According to Jain beliefs, he was born around 16,585,000 BCE. He became a [[siddha]] i.e. a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its [[Karma in Jainism|karma]]s. Aranath was born to King Sudarshana and Queen Devi (Mitra) at [[Hastinapur]] in the [[Ikshvaku dynasty]].{{sfn|Tukol|1980|p=31}} His birth date was the tenth day of the Migsar Krishna month of the Indian calendar.
==Life==
Like all other [[Chakravartin]], he also conquered all the lands{{sfn|von Glasenapp|1999|p=308}} and went to write his name on the foothills of mountains. Seeing the names of other Chakravartin already there, he saw his ambitions dwarfed. He then renounced his throne and became an ascetic for penance.{{sfn|von Glasenapp|1999|p=308}} At an age over 84,000 years he and attained [[Moksha (Jainism)|Moksha]] (liberation) on Mount [[Shikharji]].{{sfn|von Glasenapp|1999|p=308}}
== Worship ==
''Svayambhūstotra'' by ''[[Acarya Samantabhadra]]'' is the adoration of twenty-four tirthankaras. Twenty slokas ([[aphorism]]s) of ''Svayambhūstotra'' are dedicated to ''Tirthankar Aranath''.{{sfn|Vijay K. Jain|2015|p=118-129}} One such ''sloka'' is: {{quote|O Passionless Lord Aranatha! Your physical form which is free from all vestiges of ornaments, clothes and weapons, and the embodiment of unalloyed knowledge, control of the senses, and benevolence, is a clear indication that you have vanquished all blemishes.|Svayambhustotra (18-2-12){{sfn|Vijay K. Jain|2015|p=122}}}}
== As a historical figure==
At [[Mathura]], there is an old [[stupa]] with the inscription of 157 CE. This inscription records that an image of the tīrthankara Aranath was set up at the ''stupa'' built by the gods. However, [[Somadeva Suri]] stated in Yashstilaka and Jinaprabha Suri in [[Vividha Tirtha Kalpa]] that the stupa was erected for [[Suparśvanātha]].{{Sfn|Jain|2009|p=77}}
=== Temples ===
* [[Navagarh Tirth]]
* [[Chaturmukha Basadi]] is a famous [[Jain temple]] located at [[Karkala]] in the Indian state of [[Karnataka]]. The temple is dedicated to ''Tirthankara'' Aranatha, [[Mallinath]] and [[Munisuvratnath]].<ref>{{citation |last=Sandhya |first=C D’Souza |title=Chaturmukha Basadi: Four doors to divinity Last updated |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/114327/chaturmukha-basadi-four-doors-divinity.html |work=[[Deccan Herald]] |date=19 November 2010 }}</ref>
* [[Digamber Jain Mandir Hastinapur#Shri Digamber Jain Bada Mandir|Prachin Bada Mandir]], [[Hastinapur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
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File:Chaturmukha_Basadi.jpg|Chaturmukha basadi (Karnataka) dedicated to ''Tirthankara Aranath''
Aranath Temple, Madhuban.jpg|[[Jain temple]] dedicated to ''Tirthankar Aranath''
Vishal-singh-dwaar-big.jpg|Prachin Bada Mandir, Hastinapur
Footprint at Aranath Tonk, Shikharji.jpg|Footprints at Aranath Tonk, [[Shikhar Ji]]
</gallery>
==See also==
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*[[God in Jainism]]
*[[Arihant (Jainism)]]
*[[Jainism and non-creationism]]
==References==
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===Sources===
* {{citation |last=Johnson |first=Helen M. |author-link=Helen Moore Johnson |title=Aranathacaritra (Book 6.2 of the Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra) |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/jainism/book/trishashti-shalaka-purusha-caritra/d/doc213830.html |publisher=[[Maharaja_Sayajirao_University_of_Baroda#Oriental_Institute|Baroda Oriental Institute]] |date=1931 }}
* {{citation|last=Jain |first=Vijay K. |title=Acarya Samantabhadra's Svayambhustotra: Adoration of The Twenty-four Tirthankara |date=2015 |publisher=Vikalp Printers |isbn=978-81-903639-7-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xI8HBgAAQBAJ |quote={{PD-notice}} |ref={{sfnref|Vijay K. Jain|2015}} |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150916101903/https://books.google.com/books?id=xI8HBgAAQBAJ |archive-date=16 September 2015 }}
* {{cite book |last1=Jain |first1=Arun Kumar |title=Faith & philosophy of Jainism |date=2009 |publisher=Kalpaz Publications |location=Delhi, India |isbn=9788178357232}}
* {{citation |last=Tukol |first=T. K. |author-link=T. K. Tukol |title=Compendium of Jainism |publisher=[[University of Karnataka]] |date=1980 |location=[[Dharwad]] }}
* {{citation |last=von Glasenapp |first=Helmuth |author-link=Helmuth von Glasenapp |others=Shridhar B. Shrotri (trans.) |title=Jainism: An Indian Religion of Salvation |date=1999 |location = [[Delhi]] |publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WzEzXDk0v6sC |isbn=81-208-1376-6 |trans-title=Der Jainismus: Eine Indische Erlosungsreligion }}
* {{citation |last=Tandon |first=Om Prakash  |title=Jaina Shrines in India |publisher=Publications Division, [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]], [[Government of India]] |isbn=81-230-1013-3 |date=2002 |orig-year=1968 |edition=1 |location=[[New Delhi]] }}
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