Pushpadanta | |
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9th JainTirthankara | |
![]() Idol of Tirthankar Suvidhinath at Kakandi Tirth | |
Other names | Suvidhinatha |
Venerated in | Jainism |
Predecessor | Chandraprabha |
Successor | Shitalanatha |
Symbol | Crocodile |
Height | 100 bows (300 meters) |
Age | 200,000 purva (14.112quintillion years) |
Color | White |
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InJainism,Pushpadanta (Sanskrit:पुष्पदन्त), also known asSuvidhinatha, was the ninthTirthankara of the present age (Avasarpini). According to Jain belief, he became asiddha and anarihant, a liberated soul that has destroyed all of itskarma.
Puṣpadanta bhagwan, also known as Suvidhinatha, was the ninthTirthankara of the present age (Avasarpini).[1] According to Jain belief, they became asiddha and anarihant, a liberated soul that has destroyed all of itskarma.[citation needed]
Puṣpadanta bhagwan was born to King Sugriva and Queen Rama at Kakandi (modern Khukhundoo,Deoria, Uttar Pradesh) to theIkshvaku dynasty.[1] Their birth date was the fifth day of the Margshrsha Krishna month of theVikram Samvat. Puṣpadant bhagwan was the ninth Tirthankara who re-establishedthe four-part sangha in the tradition started byRishabhanatha bhagwan. Pushpadanta prabhu is associated with Alligator emblem, Malli tree, AjitaYaksha and Mahakali (Dig.) & Sutaraka (Svet.)Yakshi.[2]
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