Symbol Urn or Kalasa Color Blue Succeeded by Munisuvrata | Age 56,000 years Preceded by Aranatha | |
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Height 25 dhanusha (75 meters) Parents Kumbha (father)
Rakshita (mother) | ||
Māllīnātha (Prakrit Mālliṇāha, "Lord Jasmine") was the 19th tīrthaṅkara "ford-maker" of the present avasarpiṇī age in Jainism. Jain scriptures indicate Mālliṇāha was born at Mithila into the Ikshvaku dynasty to King Kumbha and Queen Prajâvatî. Tīrthaṅkara Māllīnātha lived for over 56,000 years, out of which 54,800 years less six days, was with omniscience (Kevala Jnana).
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Biography
Māllīnātha (Prakrit Mālliṇāha, "Lord Jasmine") was the 19th tīrthaṅkara "ford-maker" of the present avasarpiṇī age in Jainism. Jain scriptures indicate Mālliṇāha was born at Mithila into the Ikshvaku dynasty to King Kumbha and Queen Prajâvatî. Tīrthaṅkara Māllīnātha lived for over 56,000 years, out of which 54,800 years less six days, was with omniscience (Kevala Jnana).
According to Jain beliefs, Mālliṇāha became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma. The Śvētāmbara Jains maintain that Mallinath was a woman, Mallibai.
Literature
- Jnatrdharmakathah gives the story of Lord Mallinath is said to be composed by Ganadhara Sudharmaswami.
- Mallinathapurana was written by Nagachandra in 1105 CE.