Pushpadanta

This article is about ninth Jain tirthankara. For Jain monk, see Pushpadanta (Jain monk).

Pushpadanta
9th Jain Tirthankara
Image of Tirthankara Pushpadanta
Details
Alternate name(s)	Suvidhinatha
Predecessor	Chandraprabha
Successor	Shitalanatha
Royalty
Dynasty/Clan	Ikshvaku
Family
Parents	Sugriva (father) Rama (Supriya) (mother)
Kalyanaka / Important Events
Born	10218 years ago Kakandi (modern Khukhundoo, Uttar Pradesh)
Moksha place	Shikharji
Characteristics/Attributes
Complexion	White
Symbol	Crocodile
Height	100 bows (300 meters)
Age	200,000 purva (14.112 quintillion years)
Kevalakāla
Yaksha	Vajit
Yakshini	Sutara

In Jainism, Puṣpadanta (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.

Puṣpadanta was born to King Sugriva and Queen Rama at Kakandi (modern Khukhundoo, Deoria, Uttar Pradesh) to the Ikshvaku dynasty. His birth date was the fifth day of the Margshrsha Krishna month of the Vikram Samvat. Puṣpadanta was the ninth Tirthankara who re-established the four-part sangha in the tradition started by Rishabhanatha.

See also

• God in Jainism
• Jainism and non-creationism