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VASUPUJYA SWAMI Sūrya Vaṃśa Sarvajnapeetha Surangi Samrajyam - Lineage

  • Vasupujya Swami was the twelfth Tirthankara in Jainism of the Avasarpini (present age). According to Jain beliefs, he became a Siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma (unfulfilled thoughts, words and actions and their consequences).
  • Vasupujya was born to King Vasupujya and Queen Jaya Devi at Champapuri in the Ikshvaku dynasty. His birth date was the fourteenth day of the Falgun Krishna month of the Hindu calendar.
  • He never married and remained a celibate. He attained Kevala Jnana (Omiscience) within one month of Tapsya (penance) and Moksha at Champapuri, of Bihar in Bharat on the fourteenth day of the bright half of the month of Ashadh.
  • The second Vasudeva, Dwiprishtaha, was his devotee. He and his brother Baldeva Shrivijay conquered Prativasudeva Tark and brought his oppressive rule to an end. Shrivijay later joined the ascetic order of Lord Vasupujya.
  • Vimalanatha was the thirteenth 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. (unfulfilled thoughts, words and actions and their consequences)
  • Vimalanatha was born to King Kratavarma and Queen Shyamadevi at Kampilya of the Ikshvaku dynasty. His birth date was the third day of the Magh Sukla month of the Hindu calendar.