# Simandhar
> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Simandhar
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Simandhar.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simandhar
> Source revision: 1334930903
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
{{Short description|Jain cosmology being}}
{{use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}
{{use Indian English|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox deity
| type = Jain
| deity_of = [Tīrthaṅkara](/source/Tirthankara)
| image = File: Simandhar Swami.jpg
| caption = Idol of Simandhar at Shri Bibrod Adinath Jain [Shwetamber](/source/Shwetamber) Tirth, Bibdod, [Ratlam](/source/Ratlam), [Madhya Pradesh](/source/Madhya_Pradesh), [India](/source/India)
| other_names = Helds being saint ''(Sanyam ni sima ne dhāran karnār)''
| symbol = [Bull](/source/Bull)
| color = Gold
| mantra = {{IAST|Aum hrīṃ śrīṃ arham śrī sīmaṃdharasvāmine namaḥ hrīṃ svāhā}}[{{cite web | url=https://jainqq.org/explore/600454/3 | title=Search, Seek, and Discover Jain Literature }}][{{cite web | url=https://jainqq.org/explore/022213/18 | title=Search, Seek, and Discover Jain Literature }}]
| spouse = Rukamani
| father = Shreyans
| mother = Satyaki
| height = 500 Dhanush
| age = 84 lac purv
| predecessor = himself 1st
| successor = Yugmandhar
}}
{{Jainism}}
'''Simandhar''' or '''Simandhara'''[{{Cite book |last=Cort |first=John |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0IF2CAAAQBAJ&pg=PA185 |title=Framing the Jina: Narratives of Icons and Idols in Jain History |date=2010-01-21 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-045257-5 |pages=185 |language=en}}] is a ''[Tīrthaṅkara](/source/Tirthankara)'', an [arihant](/source/arihant_(Jainism)), who is said to be currently living in another world in the [Jain cosmological universe](/source/Jain_Cosmology).
==Residence in Jain cosmology==
Simandhar resides at ''Mahavideh Kshetra'', another land within the Jain cosmological universe (see [Jain cosmology](/source/Jain_cosmology)).{{sfn|Natubhai Shah|2004|p=}}[{{citation|last=University |first=Jain |title=Mahavideh Kshetra |url=http://www.jainuniversity.org/PDFs/eng-lib/2.3.pdf |publisher=Jain University |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120516172440/http://www.jainuniversity.org/PDFs/eng-lib/2.3.pdf |archive-date=16 May 2012 }}][{{cite web|last=Darshan|first=Jain|title=Mahavideh Kshetra|url=http://www.jsmconline.org/JainDarshan/2005Dec.pdf|publisher=Jain Darshan|access-date=27 November 2013|archive-date=2 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202234541/http://www.jsmconline.org/JainDarshan/2005Dec.pdf|url-status=dead}}]
The five lands of the Bharat Kshetra are currently in the fifth Ara (a degraded time-cycle in which Tirthankaras do not take birth).[{{cite web|last=Jainism |first=My |title=Kaal Chakra |url=http://www.myjainism.com/PDF/Kaal_Chakra.pdf |publisher=My Jainism |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202223452/http://www.myjainism.com/PDF/Kaal_Chakra.pdf |archive-date= 2 December 2013 }}]{{sfn|Jaini|1998|pp=30–32}} The most recent ''Tirthankara'' present on ''Bharata Kshetra'' (present world) was [Vardhamana Mahavira](/source/Vardhamana_Mahavira), whom historians estimate lived between 599 and 527 BCE, the last in a cycle of 24 Tirthankaras.[{{cite web|title=Jain Meditation |url=http://www.jainmeditation.org/pages/godhood.html |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427202217/http://www.jainmeditation.org/pages/godhood.html |archive-date=27 April 2012 }}]{{sfn|Jaini|1998|pp=1–41}}
On Mahavideh Kshetra, the fourth Ara like (a spiritually elevated time-cycle) exists continuously. There, Tirthankaras perpetually are born.[{{cite web|last=Tirthankaras|first=Jain|title=24 Tirthankaras|url=http://www.jaintirthankars.com/24tirthankars.html|publisher=Jain Tirthankaras }}][{{cite web|last=Umich|title=Arihants|url=http://www.umich.edu/~umjains/jainismsimplified/chapter01.html|publisher=Umich.edu}}]
The Arihant Simandhar is believed to be currently 150,000 earth years old and has a remaining lifespan of 125,000 earth years. He lives in the city of Pundarikgiri, the capital of Pushpakalavati, one of 32 geographical divisions on Mahavideh Kshetra.[{{cite web|last=Gyan |first=Jain |title=Mahavideh Kshetra |url=http://www.jaingyan.com/the-mahavideh-kshetra-is-located-in-the-middle-of-jambudwip/ |publisher=Jain Gyan |access-date=27 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203013453/http://www.jaingyan.com/the-mahavideh-kshetra-is-located-in-the-middle-of-jambudwip/ |archive-date= 3 December 2013 }}] Pundarikgiri is ruled by King Shreyans, who is Simandhar's father. His mother is Satyaki. While pregnant with Simandhar, Satyaki had a sequence of [auspicious dreams](/source/Auspicious_dreams_in_Jainism) indicating that she would give birth to a Tirthankara.[{{cite web|title=Simandhar Swami|url=http://www.jainworld.com/jainbooks/tirthankar/apendix-8.htm|publisher=Jain World|access-date=25 November 2013}}][{{Citation|url=http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.jaina.org/resource/resmgr/Religious_Article/Arihant_Simandhar_Swami.pdf|title=Arihant Simandhar Swami|first=Deepika|last=Dalal|publisher=[JAINA](/source/JAINA)|page=3}}] Simandhar was born with three complete aspects of jnana, or self-knowledge:
* Mati Jnana (see [Jain epistemology](/source/Jain_epistemology)), knowledge of the 5-sense realm
* Shruta Jnana (see [Jain epistemology](/source/Jain_epistemology)), knowledge of all forms of communication
* Avadhi Jnana (see [Jain epistemology](/source/Jain_epistemology)), clairvoyant knowledge{{sfn|Jaini|1998|p=3}}
As a young adult, he married Rukamani and then, later in life, took [diksha](/source/diksha), renunciation from worldly life.