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Naminath is our twenty-first tirthankar of the present life cycle Avsarpini. In his earlier life he was King Siddharth of the town of Kshambi in Eastern Mahavideha region. He had performed severe penances in earlier lifetimes and had reached an exalted state of enlightenment hence he reincarnated as a God in the Aparajit dimension and later descended into the womb of Queen Vipra Devi wife of King King Vijay Raja of Mithila kingdom of the Ikshvaku dynasty. During queen's pregnancy a group of powerful Kings attacked Mithila. The King being peace loving wished to avoid bloodshed and did not know how to proceed. The wise ones in the palace then informed the King to allow Queen to go to the roof of the palace and glance at the attacking armies. When the Queen did as she was instructed, to the astonishment of all, the pious soul in the womb completely changed the minds of the Kings and they bowed and surrendered to the King such were the Divine vibrations emanating from the child in the womb.
And on on the eighth day of the dark half of the month of Shravan according to the Jain calendar queen gave birth to a baby boy. When the child was born he was named Naminath. Years passed and the child grew up into a peace loving and religious boy who use keep himself busy in religious practices. Soon they got him married and the King handed over the Kingdom to him and retired to the forest to pursue spiritual penances.
Years passed and Naminath ruled wisely his kingdom and one day in his prayers he saw his earlier lifetimes and realised the reason of his this birth. He then decided to give up everything and become an ascetic on the ninth day of the dark half of the month of Ashadh according to the Jain calendar. After rigorous spiritual practices he achieved Omniscience in a garden near Mithila under a Bakul tree.
He then began preaching people on Right perception, Right Knowledge and Right Action. He urged his followers to practice compassion and non violence and to rise above worldly pleasures and realise the true goal of life. After a long time of preaching and penances he attained Nirvana on the auspecious land of Sammed Shikhar on the tenth day of the dark half of the month of Vaisakh. Naminath is associated with blue lotus(Neel Kamal) emblem.
