| Padmaprabha | |
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6th JainTirthankara | |
 Idol of Padmaprabha Bhagwan at Laxmani Tirth, Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh, India | |
| Other names | Padmaprabhu |
| Devanagari | पद्मप्रभ |
| Venerated in | Jainism |
| Predecessor | Sumatinatha |
| Successor | Suparshvanatha |
| Symbol | Lotus |
| Height | 250bows (750 meters) |
| Age | 3,000,000 purva (211.68Quintillion years) |
| Color | Red |
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| Dynasty | Ikṣvākuvaṁśa |
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Padmaprabha, also known asPadmaprabhu, was the sixthJainTirthankara of the present age (Avsarpini).[1] According to Jain beliefs, he became asiddha – a liberated soul which has destroyed all of itskarma.
In the Jain tradition, it is believed that Padmaprabha was born to King Shridhar and Queen Susimadevi in theIkshvaku dynasty atKausambi[1] which is in today'sUttar Pradesh, India. Padmaprabha means 'bright as a red lotus' inSanskrit. It is said in Śvetāmbara sources that his mother had a fancy for a couch of red lotuses – padma – while he was in her womb.[2]
His birth date was the twelfth day of the Kartik krishna month of the Indian calendar.[citation needed] On the eleventh day of the dark half of the month ofMargashirsh, Bhagwan Padmaprabha, along with other 308 saints was liberated and attainedmoksha on Sammet Shikhar (mountain).
Maharaja Aparajit ruled over Susima town located in Dhatki realm in Purvavideh region in Vatsa country. He was a simple and religious person. He got detached after listening to the discourse of anArihant and tookdiksha fromAcharya Pihitashrava. As a result of long spiritual practices, he earnedTirthankar-nama-gotra-karma. Completing his age, he reincarnated as a god in the Graiveyak realm.
From the realm of gods, the being that was Aparajit descended into the womb of queen Susima, wife of the king of Kaushambi. One day, queen Susima had a desire to sleep on a bed made up of lotus flowers. As this was a desire of a pregnant mother, the gods made arrangements for its fulfillment. OnKrishnaDwadashi (twelfth day of the waning fortnight) of the month ofKartik, the queen gave birth to a son. The new born had a soft pink glow like lotus flowers. The king named him as "Padmaprabha" (meaning one with lotus-like glow). His height is mentioned as 250dhanusha.[3] He is said to have lived for 3,000,000purva.[3]
In due course, the prince became young and was married. When his father left for spiritual practices, Padmaprabh ascended the throne. After a long and successful reign, when through his threefold knowledge he knew that the right moment has come, he became an ascetic. After six months of spiritual practices, on the full moon day of the month of Chaitra he attained omniscience under a banyan tree. Propagating right religion for a long time, Bhagavan Padmaprabh wandered around and at last arrived at Sammetshikhar. He attained Nirvana on the eleventh day of the dark half of the month of Margshirsh.[citation needed]
Padmaprabha is said to have been born 90,000crore sagara after his predecessor,Sumatinatha.[3] His successor,Suparsvanatha, is said to have been born 9,000crore sagara after him.[3]
Padmaprabha is associated with Red Lotus emblem, Chatrabha tree,[4] Manovega (Dig.) & Mangupta (Svet.)Yaksha and Syama Achyuta (Svet.)Yakshi.[5]
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