Simandhar-swami

Shree Simandhar Swami
The Living God
Description in Scriptures
In the north easterly direction of our world, lies the world
of Mahavideh of Jambudwip. It is millions of miles away. There,
there are thirty-two divisions. The eighth division is called
Pushpakalavati. Its capital city is Pundarikgiri. Lord Simandhar
was born before the reign of the following two of the twenty-four
tirthankars of the world: the seventeenth tithankara Shri Kunthunath
and the eighteenth tirthankara Shri Arahanath. Lord Simandhar’s
father, Shri Shreyans was the king of Pundarikgiri. His mother’s
name was Satyaki.
At a supremely auspicious moment, Mother Satyaki gave
birth to a most handsome son, with unparallel beauty. The time
was midnight on Chaitra Vadi Tenth. His coat of arms, the symbol
of recognition of a tirthankara was an ox. At birth the child had
come with three types of knowledge: Matignan, shrutagnan and
avadhi gnan. His physical body now stands 1500 feet tall.
Princess Rukamani became the fortunate woman to marry the
Lord. Lord Simandhar took diksha, renunciation from worldly
life, on the day of Fagan Sudi Trij. This was the time when Lord
Rama’s father King Dasratha was the reigning king in his world.
This also was the time between the existence of the twentieth
tirthankara Munishivrat Swami and the twenty-first tirthankara,
Shri Neminath. At the moment of the diksha He attained the
fourth gnan called manahparyayagnan. After a thousand years
as a sadhu (ascetic), during which all his karmas, which had
carried faults, exhausted, the Lord became fully omniscient and
attained Keval Gnan, full enlightenment. This took place on
Chaitra Sudi Tirteenth. Thereafter, by mere darshan of the Lord,
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