Mallinātha
Sign in to saveMallinatha (Prakrit Mallinātha, Devanagari: मल्लिनाथ, Sanskrit: मल्लिनाथः, 'Lord of jasmine or seat') was the 19th tīrthaṅkara "ford-maker" of the present avasarpiṇī age in Jainism.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Jain
- Deity.image
- Tirthankar Mallinath.jpg
- Deity.alt
- Sri Mallinatha
- Deity.caption
- Idol of Mallinatha in female form at Keshavrai Patan, Rajasthan
- Deity.venerated_in
- Jainism
- Deity.symbol
- Kalasha
- Deity.color
- Blue
- Deity.father
- Kumbha
- Deity.mother
- Prajnavati
- Deity.height
- 25 dhanusha (75 meters)
- Deity.age
- 56,000
- Deity.predecessor
- Aranatha
- Deity.successor
- Munisuvrata
- Deity.birth_place
- Mithilapuri Jain Teerth, Mithila
- Deity.gender
- Male (Digambara) Female (Shvetambara)
- Deity.god_of
- 19th Tirthankara
- Deity.name
- Mallinatha
- Deity.moksha_place
- Sammed Shikhar
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Mallinatha (Prakrit Mallinātha, Devanagari: मल्लिनाथ, Sanskrit: मल्लिनाथः, 'Lord of jasmine or seat') was the 19th tīrthaṅkara "ford-maker" of the present avasarpiṇī age in Jainism.
==In Jain history== thumb|A diorama in Jain Museum of Madhuban, Giridih depicting Mallinatha teaching six kings the futility of bodily beauty, as per Swetambara tradition.|left thumb|Mallinath Tonk on Shikharji from where Mallinatha attained Nirvana Jain texts indicate Mālliṇātha was born at Mithila into the Ikshvaku dynasty to King Kumbha and Queen Prajnavati. Their height is mentioned as 25 dhanusha. Tīrthaṅkara Māllīnātha lived for over 56,000 years, out of which 54,800 years less six days, was with omniscience (Kevala Jnana). They were said to have lived for 55,000 years by other authors.
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