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{{about|ninth Jain tirthankara|Jain monk|Pushpadanta (Jain monk)}}
{{Infobox deity
| type = Jain
| deity_of = 9th Jain [[Tirthankara]]
| image = Jain statues in Anwa, Rajasthan 23.jpg
| caption = Pushpadanta statue at Anwa, Rajasthan
| alt = Pushpadanta
| venerated_in = [[Jainism]]
| other_names = Suvidhinatha
| symbol = [[Crocodile]]
| color = [[White]]
| father = Sugriva
| mother = Rama (Supriya)
| height = 100 bows (300 meters)
| age = 200,000 purva (14.112 [[names of large numbers|quintillion]] years)
| tree =
| predecessor = [[Chandraprabha]]
| successor = [[Shitalanatha]]
| birth_place = [[Khukhundoo]], [[Deoria, Uttar Pradesh|Deoria]]
| moksha_place = [[Shikharji]]
}}
{{Jainism}}
In [[Jainism]], '''Pushpadanta''' ({{lang-sa|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 (Jainism)|arihant]], a liberated soul that has destroyed all of its [[Karma in Jainism|karma]].

==Biography==
Puṣpadanta, also known as Suvidhinatha, was the ninth [[Tirthankara]] of the present age (''[[Avasarpini]]'').{{sfn|Tukol|1980|p=31}} According to Jain belief, he became a [[siddha]] and an [[arihant (Jainism)|arihant]], a liberated soul that has destroyed all of its [[Karma in Jainism|karma]].{{cn|date=June 2016}}

Puṣpadanta was born to King Sugriva and Queen Rama at Kakandi (modern Khukhundoo, [[Deoria, Uttar Pradesh]]) to the [[Ikshvaku dynasty]].{{sfn|Tukol|1980|p=31}} His birth date was the fifth day of the Margshrsha Krishna month of the [[Vikram Samvat]]. Puṣpadanta was the ninth Tirthankara who re-established [[Jain monasticism|the four-part sangha]] in the tradition started by [[Rishabhanatha]]. Pushpadanta is associated with Alligator emblem, Malli tree, Ajita [[Yaksha]] and Mahakali (Dig.) & Sutaraka (Svet.) [[Yakshi]].{{sfn|Tandon|2002|p=44}}

==See also==
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*[[God in Jainism]]
*[[Jainism and non-creationism]]

==Notes==
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==References==
* {{citation |last=Johnson |first=Helen M. |author-link=Helen M. Johnson |title=Suvidhinathacaritra (Book 3.7 of the Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra) |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/jainism/book/trishashti-shalaka-purusha-caritra/d/doc213170.html |publisher=[[Maharaja_Sayajirao_University_of_Baroda#Oriental_Institute|Baroda Oriental Institute]] |date=1931 }}
* {{citation |last=Tandon |first=Om Prakash |author-link=Om Prakash Tandon |title=Jaina Shrines in India |publisher=[[Publications Division]], [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]], [[Government of India]] |isbn=81-230-1013-3 |date=2002 |orig-year=1968 |edition=1 |location=[[New Delhi]] }}
* {{citation|last=Tukol|first=T. K.|title=Compendium of Jainism|publisher=University of Karnataka|year=1980|location=Dharwad}}

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