Suparshvanatha

Suparshvanatha
7th Jain Tirthankara
Idol of Suparśvanātha
Symbol	Swastika
Height	200 bows (600 meters)
Age	2,000,000 purva (141.12 Quintillion years)
Color	Golden
Parents	Pratishtha (father) Prithivī (mother)
Preceded by	Padmaprabha
Succeeded by	Chandraprabha
Born	Varanasi
Moksha	Shikharji

Suparśvanātha (Sanskrit: सुपर्श्वनाथ Suparśvanātha) was the seventh Jain Tīrthankara of the present age (avasarpini). He was born to King Pratistha and Queen Prithvi at Varanasi on 12 Jestha Shukla in the Ikshvaku clan. He is said to have attained moksha at Śikharji on the sixth day of the dark half of the month of Phālguna'.

Suparśvanātha was the seventh Jain Tīrthankara of the present age (avasarpini). He was born to King Pratistha and Queen Prithvi at Varanasi on 12 Jestha Shukla in the Ikshvaku clan. He is said to have attained moksha at Śikharji on the sixth day of the dark half of the month of Phālguna.

Nine months before the birth of Suparśvanātha, Queen Prithivī dreamt the sixteen most auspicious dreams. Suparśvanātha spent 5 lakh pūrva as youth (kumāra kāla) and ruled His kingdom for 14 lakh pūrva and 20 pūrvāṇga (rājya kāla).

The Yajurveda is also said to have mentioned the name of Suparśvanātha but the meaning is different. It is an epithet of God which means "All-Pure Lord".

The Mahavagga book of the Khandhaka (1. 22. 13), a Buddhist text, mentions a temple of Suparśvanātha situated at Rajgir in the time of Gautama Buddha.