Tirthankaras · #15 of 24
Dharmanatha
धर्मनाथ
Dharmanatha — “the lord of dharma” — is the fifteenth Tirthankara, born in Ratnapuri to King Bhānu and Queen Suvratā. The name dharma — the path, the right teaching, the way things are — is foundational in Jain (and broader Indian) thought.
His lañchana is the vajra — the diamond-thunderbolt — an ancient symbol of indestructibility shared with several Indian iconographic traditions. Mokṣa at Mt. Sammed Shikhar.
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Working draft. Tradition data follows canonical Digambara lists; biographical content (where present) follows the Mahapurana tradition and is interpretive in places. If anything is wrong, please flag it.