Naminatha (Devanagari: नमिनाथ) (Sanskrit: नमिनाथः) was the twenty-first tirthankara of the present half time cycle, Avsarpini.
He was born to the King Vijaya and Queen Vipra of the Ikshvaku dynasty.
[4] When Naminatha was in his mother's womb, Mithila was attacked by a group of powerful kings.
[5] Naminatha was born on the 8th day of Shravan Krishna of the lunisolar Jain calendar.
[6] According to Jain tradition, he liberated his soul by destroying all of his karma and attained Moksha from Sammed Shikhar nearly 571,750 years before Neminatha.