According to the cited sources, Dharmanātha was born as the fifteenth Tirthankara of the current half-cycle (Avasarpini). Wikipedia states he was born to King Bhanu Raja and Queen Suvrata Rani at Ratnapuri in the Ikshvaku dynasty, his birth date recorded as the third day of the Magh Sukla month of the Indian calendar. Devotional/legendary material (HereNow4U) records a past-life identification as Siṃharatha, king of Bhaddilapura in east Videha, described there as valorous and ruling a vast empire.
The supplied sources do not include iconographic or detailed physical descriptions for Dharmanātha. The available extracts provide biographical and doctrinal information but no specific bodily attributes or iconographic conventions for this Tirthankara.
The sources record Dharmanātha's attainment of siddhahood — described as a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma — and his role as a Tirthankara (a saviour and supreme spiritual teacher who establishes a ford across saṃsāra). The provided materials do not enumerate additional miraculous deeds, specific supernatural powers, or discrete feats beyond his tirthankara status and the fragmentary past-life kingly biography.
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- [1]Dharmanatha (Wikipedia). Wikipedia: 'Dharmanatha was the fifteenth Jain Tirthankara of the present age (Avasarpini). According to Jain beliefs, he became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma. Dharmanath was born to King Bhanu Raja and Queen Suvrata Rani at Ratnapuri in the Ikshvaku dynasty. His birth date was the third day of the Magh Sukla month of the Indian calendar.'wiki
- [2]Dharmanātha (Wikidata entry Q2813275). Wikidata: entry identifying Dharmanātha as the 15th Jain Tirthankara.wiki
- [3]Jain Legend : Lord Śrī Dharmanātha (HereNow4U). HereNow4U: 'The 15thTīrthaṃkara of Jain religion was Lord Śrī Dharmanātha. In his past life he was Siṃharatha, the king of Bhaddilapura, located in east Videha in Dhātakīkhaṇḍa. He was valorous and ruled over a vast empire.' (excerpted)folk
- [4]Tirthankara (Jain Society of Tampa Bay). Jain Society summary: 'In Jainism, a Tirthankara (Sanskrit: tīrthaṅkara; English: literally a 'ford-maker') is a saviour and supreme spiritual teacher of the dharma (righteous path). The word tirthankara signifies the founder of a tirtha, a fordable passage across saṃsāra, the sea.'other