Pushpadanta

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Pushpadanta
9th Jain Tirthankara
Idol of Tirthankar Suvidhinath at Kakandi Tirth
Other namesSuvidhinatha
Venerated inJainism
PredecessorChandraprabha
SuccessorShitalanatha
SymbolCrocodile
Height100 bows (300 meters)
Age200,000 purva (14.112 quintillion years)
ColorWhite
Genealogy
Born
Khukhundoo, Deoria
Died
Shikharji
Parents
  • Sugriva (father)
  • Rama (Supriya) (mother)
DynastyIkṣvākuvaṁśa

In Jainism, Pushpadanta (Sanskrit: पुष्पदन्त), also known as Suvidhinatha, was the ninth Tirthankara of the present age (Avasarpini). According to Jain belief, he became a siddha and an arihant, a liberated soul that has destroyed all of its karma.

Biography

Puṣpadanta bhagwan, also known as Suvidhinatha, was the ninth Tirthankara of the present age (Avasarpini).[1] According to Jain belief, they became a siddha and an arihant, a liberated soul that has destroyed all of its karma.[citation needed]

Puṣpadanta bhagwan was born to King Sugriva and Queen Rama at Kakandi (modern Khukhundoo, Deoria, Uttar Pradesh) to the Ikshvaku dynasty.[1] Their birth date was the fifth day of the Margshrsha Krishna month of the Vikram Samvat. Puṣpadant bhagwan was the ninth Tirthankara who re-established the four-part sangha in the tradition started by Rishabhanatha bhagwan. Pushpadanta prabhu is associated with Alligator emblem, Malli tree, Ajita Yaksha and Mahakali (Dig.) & Sutaraka (Svet.) Yakshi.[2] His height is mentioned as 100 dhanusha.[3] He is said to have lived for 200,000 purva.[3]

Pushpadanta is said to have been born 90 crore sagara after his predecessor, Chandraprabha.[3] His successor, Shitalanatha, is said to have been born 9 crore sagara after him.[3]

See also

References

Citations

  1. 1 2 Tukol 1980, p. 31.
  2. ↑ Tandon 2002, p. 44.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Finegan 1952, p. 190.

Sources

  • Finegan, Jack (1952), The archeology of world religions, Princeton University Press
  • Johnson, Helen M. (1931), Suvidhinathacaritra (Book 3.7 of the Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra), Baroda Oriental Institute
  • Tandon, Om Prakash (2002) [1968], Jaina Shrines in India (1 ed.), New Delhi: Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, ISBN 81-230-1013-3
  • Tukol, T. K. (1980), Compendium of Jainism, Dharwad: University of Karnataka