Mallinatha

Mallinatha
Sri Mallinatha
Idol of Mallinatha in female form at Keshavrai Patan, Rajasthan
Venerated inJainism
PredecessorAranatha
SuccessorMunisuvrata
SymbolKalasha[1]
Height25 dhanusha (75 meters)
Age56,000
ColorBlue
GenderMale (Digambara tradition) Female (Shvetambara tradition)
Genealogy
Born
Died
Parents
  • Kumbha (father)
  • Prajnavati (mother)
DynastyIkshvaku dynasty

Mallinatha (Prakrit Mallinātha, "Lord of jasmine or seat") (Devanagari: मल्लिनाथ) (Sanskrit: मल्लिनाथः) was the 19th tīrthaṅkara "ford-maker" of the present avasarpiṇī age in Jainism.

  1. ^ Tandon 2002, p. 45.