Puṣpadanta
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In Jainism, Pushpadanta (), 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.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Jain
- Deity.deity_of
- 9th Jain Tirthankara
- Deity.image
- Suvidhinath Kakandi.jpg
- Deity.caption
- Idol of Tirthankar Suvidhinath at Kakandi Tirth
- Deity.venerated_in
- Jainism
- Deity.other_names
- Suvidhinatha
- Deity.symbol
- Crocodile
- Deity.color
- White
- Deity.father
- Sugriva
- Deity.mother
- Rama (Supriya)
- Deity.height
- 100 bows (300 meters)
- Deity.age
- 200,000 purva (14.112 quintillion years)
- Deity.predecessor
- Chandraprabha
- Deity.successor
- Shitalanatha
- Deity.birth_place
- Khukhundoo, Deoria
- Deity.moksha_place
- Shikharji
- Deity.dynasty
- Ikṣvākuvaṁśa
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In Jainism, Pushpadanta (), 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, they became a siddha and an arihant, a liberated soul that has destroyed all of its karma.
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