Pushpadanta | |
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9th Jain Tirthankara | |
Other names | Suvidhinatha |
Venerated in | Jainism |
Predecessor | Chandraprabha |
Successor | Shitalanatha |
Symbol | Crocodile |
Height | 100 bows (300 meters) |
Age | 200,000 purva (14.112 quintillion years) |
Color | White |
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In Jainism, Pushpadanta (Sanskrit: पुष्पदन्त), 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.