Ajitnath (Ajitanath) is the 2nd Tirthankar in the current cosmic cycle (avasarpini).

• Birth and family: Born in Ayodhya (Vinita/Saketa) in the Ikshvaku dynasty to King Jitashatru and Queen Vijaya. His birth was foretold by the 14 auspicious dreams the queen saw.
• Early life: Born as a prince, he renounced the throne in his youth and became an ascetic, meditating apart from worldly life.
• Renunciation and path: Took Diksha under the Saptaparni (banyan) tree in the Sahetuk forest with a large company of kings, following the vows of a Jain monk.
• Kevaljnana (omniscience): After twelve years of intense austerity, he attained kevaljnana under the Saptaparni tree in the Rohini era.
• Spread of teaching and order: His monastic order grew with many Ganadharas (his chief Ganadhara being Sinhasen) and many monks, nuns, lay followers, and divine beings present during his teachings.
• Moksha: Attained liberation (moksha) at Sammed Shikharji.

Key symbols and details:

• Emblem: Elephant
• Age at the time of life story commonly noted as very long; later liberated soul.
• Traditions differ slightly on some details (e.g., names of chief followers) between Digambar and Shwetambar texts, but the overall life arc remains the same: royal birth, renunciation, kevaljnana, liberation.

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