page_title: Shantinatha
section_title: Iconography
hierarchical_section_title: Shantinatha / Legacy / Iconography
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of Lord Santinatha, 16th Jain Tirthankara, taken by Jules Jain, Location Amarsagar/ Lodhruva, Rajasthan
context_page_description: Shree Shantinatha was the sixteenth Jain tirthankar of the present age. Shree Shantinatha was born to King Visvasen and Queen Achira at Hastinapur in the Ikshvaku dynasty. His birth date is the thirteenth day of the Jyest Krishna month of the Indian calendar. He was also a Chakravartin and a Kamadeva. He ascended to throne when he was 25 years old. After over 25,000 years at the throne, he became a Jain monk and started his penance. According to Jain beliefs, he became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma.
context_section_description: Shantinatha is usually depicted in a sitting or standing meditative posture with the symbol of a deer or antelope beneath him. Every Tīrthankara has a distinguishing emblem that allows worshippers to distinguish similar-looking idols of the Tirthankaras.
  The deer or antelope emblem of shantinath is usually carved below the legs of the Tirthankara. Like all Tirthankaras, Shantinath is depicted with Shrivatsa and downcast eyes.
caption: Shwetambar Shantinath idol with symbol of a deer
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