Pushpadanta

This article is about ninth Jain tirthankara. For Jain monk, see Pushpadanta (Jain monk).

Pushpadanta
9th Jain Tirthankara
Pushpadanta statue at Anwa, Rajasthan
Other names	Suvidhinatha
Venerated in	Jainism
Predecessor	Chandraprabha
Successor	Shitalanatha
Symbol	Crocodile
Height	100 bows (300 meters)
Age	200,000 purva (14.112 quintillion years)
Color	White
Genealogy
Born	Khukhundoo, Deoria
Died	Shikharji
Parents	Sugriva (father) Rama (Supriya) (mother)

In Jainism, Puṣpadanta (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, 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.

Puṣpadanta was born to King Sugriva and Queen Ramaa at Kakandi (modern Khukhundoo, Deoria, Uttar Pradesh) to the Ikshvaku dynasty. His birth date was the fifth day of the Margshrsha Krishna month of the Vikram Samvat. Puṣpadanta was the ninth Tirthankara who re-established the four-part sangha in the tradition started by Rishabhanatha. Pushpadanta is associated with Alligator emblem, Malli tree, Ajita Yaksha and Mahakali (Dig.) & Sutaraka (Svet.) Yakshi.

See also

• God in Jainism
• Jainism and non-creationism

References

• 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