In the Jain chronological scheme Aranātha appears as the eighteenth Tīrthaṅkara of the present half cycle (Avasarpini). The provided sources place his birth in the Ikshvaku royal line at Hastinapur to King Sudarshana and Queen Devi (Mitra), with a calendrical birth date recorded as the tenth day of the Migsar Krishna month. One source gives a traditional cosmological numeric date for his birth (around 16,585,000 BCE) as part of Jain temporal reckoning; this is presented in the sources as traditional chronology rather than modern historical dating.
The supplied Jain excerpts do not include sensory or iconographic description of Aranātha in life. Biographical markers in the sources record his royal parentage, birthplace (Hastinapur), and precise calendrical birth date but do not provide depictional features. A distinct fictional character named Aranatha (from unrelated Malazan fiction) is described elsewhere with long black hair, black skin, and silver eyes; that usage is separate and not part of the Jain tradition.
Within the Jain framework presented in the sources, Aranātha's capacities are primarily spiritual: he functions as a Tīrthaṅkara, a teacher who establishes or re‑establishes the dharma and provides the path across saṃsāra, and at the end of his life he becomes a siddha, described as a liberated soul that has destroyed all karmas. The provided materials do not enumerate specific miracles, rituals, or supernatural feats beyond these canonical roles; a biographical note in HereNow4U indicates he taught and gave instructions to subjects in a past‑life episode, consistent with the pedagogical role of Tīrthaṅkaras.
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- [1]Aranatha - Wikipedia. "Aranath(Arnath) was the eighteenth Jain Tirthankar of the present half cycle of time (Avasarpini)."; "He became a siddha i.e. a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karmas."; "Aranath was born to King Sudarshana and Queen Devi (Mitra) at Hastinapur in the Ikshvaku dynasty. His birth date was the tenth day of the Migsar Krishna month of the Indian calendar."wiki
- [2]Aranatha (Wikidata). Wikidata entry for Aranatha (linked identifier for the same Jain Tīrthaṅkara).wiki
- [3]Jain Legend : Lord Śrī Aranātha (HereNow4U). "After Lord Śrī Kuṃthunātha the 18thTīrthaṃkara was Lord Śrī Aranātha." (biographical/legendary note referencing teaching role in lives connected to Aranātha)folk
- [4]Tirthankara (Jain Society of Tampa Bay). "In Jainism, a Tirthankara (Sanskrit: tīrthaṅkara; English: literally a 'ford-maker') is a saviour and supreme spiritual teacher of the dharma(righteous path)." (definition of the role into which Aranātha is situated)other
- [5]Digamber Jain Bada Mandir Hastinapur - Wikipedia. Reference to Hastinapur as an important tirtha and to the temple complex associated with Jain Tirthankara birthplaces, contextualizing Aranātha's birthplace.wiki
- [6]Aranatha | Malazan Wiki | Fandom. Fictional character named Aranatha (Tiste Andii) with physical description in the Malazan Book of the Fallen setting; noted in sources as an unrelated homonymous usage.literary