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Also known as Maru, Mata Marudevi, Marudevī

thumb|Nabhi and Marudevi, Kalpasutra, Wellcome Collection, London

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Gender
female
Spouse
Nabhi
Occupation
queen
Religion
Jainism
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Marudevi
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thumb|Nabhi and Marudevi, Kalpasutra, Wellcome Collection, London

Marudevī was the mother of the first Jain Tirthankara, Rishabhanatha and the queen of King Nabhi. According to the Śvetāmbara canon, she was the first person to have attained Moksha in the current Avasarpiṇī.

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