Marudevi

Marudevi
Mother of Rishabhanatha
Marudevi
Image of king Nabhi and mother Marudevi in Khajuraho museum, Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh
Other namesMata Marudevi
Genealogy
SpouseNabhi
ChildrenRishabha
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.[1]

  1. ^ Jain 2008, p. 55.