Sīmandhar Svāmī
The Tīrthaṅkara of Puṣkalāvatī vijaya, and the one that Jains in Bharat most often address in prayer.
He teaches in Puṣkalāvatī, the eighth vijaya, at the far eastern edge of Jambūdvīpa's Mahāvideha Kṣetra where it meets the ocean. His capital is Puṇḍarīkiṇī. His parents are named as King Śreyāṃsa and Queen Satyakī, his emblem is the bull, and his complexion gold.
The devotional logic is simple and deeply felt. Bharat Kṣetra is in the fifth ara, so no Tīrthaṅkara is here and none will come for a very long time. But a living one does exist, within the same universe, reachable in principle if not in practice. Temples to him were built across Gujarat and Rajasthan from the medieval period onward, and hymns addressed to him are among the most sung in the tradition.
The other three in Jambūdvīpa are Yugmandhar, Bāhu and Subāhu.
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| Vijaya | Puṣkalāvatī (8th) |
|---|---|
| Capital | Puṇḍarīkiṇī |
| Father | Śreyāṃsa |
| Mother | Satyakī |
| Emblem | bull |
| Height | 500 bows |
| Lifespan | 84 lakh pūrva |