Siddhartha () was the father of
Mahavira
Mahavira (Sanskrit: महावीर) also known as Vardhaman, was the 24th ''tirthankara'' (supreme preacher) of Jainism. He was the spiritual successor of the 23rd ''tirthankara'' Parshvanatha. Mahavira was born in the early part of the 6t ...
, the 24th
Jain Tirthankara. He was a Kshatriya King from the
Ikshvaku dynasty
The Solar dynasty (IAST: Suryavaṃśa or Ravivaṃśa in Sanskrit) or the Ikshvaku dynasty was founded by the legendary king Ikshvaku.Geography of Rigvedic India, M.L. Bhargava, Lucknow 1964, pp. 15-18, 46-49, 92-98, 100-/1, 136 The dynasty is ...
and the ruler of the Nata, Ainwar(Light), Gyat or Jnatri clan in Kshatriya Kundagrama, a suburb of Vaishali (
Basarh in modern-day
Bihar).He was married to
Licchavi princess
Trishala (also known as Videhadatta or Priyakarni)
sister of
King Chetaka of Vaishali.
The parents of Tirthankaras and their mothers in particular are worshipped among Jains and are frequently depicted in paintings and sculpture
According to the second chapter of the Śvētāmbara
Acharanga Sutra, King Siddhartha and his family were devotees of
Lord Parshvanatha.After his death,
Nandivardhana became the king of the dynasty.
King Siddhartha and Queen
Trishala died by observing ''
Santhara'' (fast unto death) when
Vardhamana was 28 years of age.
Following his parents' demise,
Vardhamana decided to take permission from his uncle Suparshva and elder brother Nandivardhana, who dissuaded him from renouncing worldly life for two more years because was unable to bear the loss of his parents as well as his brother,
Vardhamana.
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6th-century BC Indian Jains
6th-century BC Indian monarchs
Jain monarchs
Mahavira
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