Bhagavan Shreyansnath

Eleventh Jain Tirthankara

Bhagvan Shreyansnath dev was born in Sihanpur, on twelfth day of the dark half of the month of Phalgun . His father name was Vishnu raja and Mother name was Vishnu Devi . After long span of life time, he took diksha 13th day of the dark half of the month of Phalgun along with 1000 other men’s.

After 2 months of diksha and worldly life abandonment Lord Shreyansnath attained (kevalgyan) salvation on 15th day of the dark half of the month of Magh and constellation of Sharavan .

On the third day of the dark half of the month of Shravan, Bhagwan Shreyansnath, along with other 1000 saints was liberated and attained nirvana on Sammet Shikhar (mountain).

Bhagwan Shreyansnath lived for 84 lakh years purv of which he spent 21,000,00 years as an ascetics and 2months of Meditation and Spiritual Practices (sahdana/tap).

It is believed that Shreyansnath prabhu was 80 measure of bow(at that time unit of measurement was bow i.e. bow of bow & arrow) in height.