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{{short description|19th tirthankara in Jainism}}<br />
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{{Infobox deity<br />
| type = Jain<br />
| deity_of = 19th Jain [[Tirthankara]]<br />
| image = Jain statues in Anwa, Rajasthan 33.jpg<br />
| alt = Sri Mallinatha<br />
| caption = SriMallinatha statue at Anwa, Rajasthan<br />
| venerated_in = [[Jainism]]<br />
| symbol = [[Kalasha]]{{sfn|Tandon|2002|p=45}}<br />
| color = [[Blue]]<br />
| father = Kumbha<br />
| mother = Prajnavati<br />
| height = 25 dhanusha (75 meters)<br />
| age = 56,000 years<br />
| tree = <br />
| predecessor = [[Aranatha]]<br />
| successor = [[Munisuvrata]]<br />
| birth_place = [[Ayodhya]]<br />
}}<br />
{{Jainism}}<br />
'''Mallinatha''' ([[Prakrit]] ''Mallinātha'', "Lord of jasmine or seat") was the 19th [[Tirthankara|tīrthaṅkara]] "ford-maker" of the [[Jain cosmology#Time cycle|present ''avasarpiṇī'' age]] in [[Jainism]]. Jain texts indicate Mālliṇātha was born at [[Mithila (ancient)|Mithila]] into the [[Ikshvaku dynasty]] to King Kumbha and Queen Prajnavati. ''Tīrthaṅkara Māllīnātha'' lived for over 56,000 years, out of which 54,800 years less six days, was with [[omniscience]] ([[Kevala Jnana]]).{{sfn|Vijay K. Jain|2015|p=203}}<br />
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Mallinatha is believed to be a woman named Malli Devi by [[Śvētāmbara|Shvetambara]] Jains while the [[Digambara]] sect believes all 24 tirthankara to be men including Māllīnātha. Digambara tradition believes a woman can reach to the 16th heaven and can attain liberation only being reborn as a man. Digambara tradition says Mallinatha was a son born in a royal family, and worships Mallinatha as a male.{{sfn|Dundas|2002|p=56}}{{sfn|Umakant P. Shah|1987|pp=159–160}} However, the Shvetambara tradition of Jainism states that Māllīnātha was female with a name Malli bai.{{sfn|Vallely|2002|p=15}}<br />
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According to Jain beliefs, Mālliṇātha became a [[siddha]], a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its [[Karma in Jainism|karma]].{{sfn|Jaini|1998|p=40n}}<br />
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==Literature==<br />
#[[Jnatrdharmakathah]] gives the story of Lord Mallinath, which is said to be composed by Ganadhara [[Sudharmaswami]].{{citation needed|date=April 2017}}<br />
#''Mallinathapurana'' was written by [[Nagachandra]] in 1105 CE.{{Sfn|Ashton|1976|p=20}}<br />
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==Main temples==<br />
*[[Mannargudi Mallinatha Swamy Jain Temple]] is a Jain temple in [[Mannargudi]], an ancient town in the erstwhile [[Chola Empire]] of [[Tamil Nadu]].<br />
*[[Chaturmukha Basadi]] is a famous [[Jain temple]] located at [[Karkala]] in the Indian state of [[Karnataka]]. The temple is dedicated to ''Tirthankar [[Aranatha]]'', ''Mallinath'' and ''[[Munisuvratnath|Munisuvratnathswami]]''.<ref>{{citation |last=Sandhya |first=C D’Souza |title=Chaturmukha Basadi: Four doors to divinity Last updated |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/114327/chaturmukha-basadi-four-doors-divinity.html |publisher=Deccan Herald |date=19 November 2010 }}</ref><br />
*Sri Mallinath Jain Derasar, near Bhoyani,Viramgam Taluk,Gujarat.<ref>{{Cite web|title=www.Jinalaya.com - Shri Bhoyani Tirth - Jain Temples in Gujarat|url=http://www.jinalaya.com/gujarat/bhoyani.htm|access-date=2021-05-15|website=www.jinalaya.com}}</ref><br />
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File:Chaturmukha Basadi.jpg|Chaturmukha Basadi<br />
File:Mannargudi Mallinatha Swamy Temple.png|Mannargudi Mallinatha Swamy Temple<br />
File:Jain Mandir from Hilltop - panoramio.jpg|Mallinath Temple, [[Kosbad]]<br />
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==See also==<br />
{{commons cat|Mallinatha}}<br />
* [[God in Jainism]]<br />
* [[Jainism and non-creationism]]<br />
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== Citations ==<br />
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==Sources==<br />
* {{citation |last=Johnson |first=Helen M. |author-link=Helen M. Johnson |title=Mallināthacaritra (Book 6.6 of the Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra) |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/jainism/book/trishashti-shalaka-purusha-caritra/d/doc213866.html |publisher=[[Maharaja_Sayajirao_University_of_Baroda#Oriental_Institute|Baroda Oriental Institute]] |date=1931 }}<br />
* {{citation |last=Dundas |first=Paul |author-link=Paul Dundas |title=The Jains |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X8iAAgAAQBAJ |edition=Second |date=2002 |orig-year=1992 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=0-415-26605-X |location=[[London]] and [[New York City|New York]] }}<br />
* {{citation|last=Jain |first=Vijay K. |title=Acarya Samantabhadra's Svayambhustotra: Adoration of The Twenty-four Tirthankara |date=2015 |publisher=Vikalp Printers |isbn=978-81-903639-7-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xI8HBgAAQBAJ |quote={{PD-notice}} |ref={{sfnref|Vijay K. Jain|2015}} |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150916101903/https://books.google.com/books?id=xI8HBgAAQBAJ |archive-date=16 September 2015 }}<br />
* {{citation |last=Jaini |first=Padmanabh S. |author-link=Padmanabh Jaini |title=The Jaina Path of Purification |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wE6v6ahxHi8C |date=1998 |orig-year=1979 |publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]] |location=[[Delhi]] |isbn=81-208-1578-5 }}<br />
* {{citation |last=Shah |first=Umakant Premanand |author-link=Umakant Premanand Shah |title=Jaina-rūpa-maṇḍana: Jaina iconography |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m_y_P4duSXsC |date=1987 |publisher=[[Abhinav Publications]] |isbn=81-7017-208-X |ref={{sfnref|Umakant P. Shah|1987}} }}<br />
*{{citation |last=Tukol |first=T. K. |author-link=TK Tukol |title=Compendium of Jainism |publisher=[[University of Karnataka]] |year=1980 |location=Dharwad }}<br />
* {{citation |last=Vallely |first=Anne |title=Guardians of the Transcendent: An Ethnology of a Jain Ascetic Community |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eI4PAY9rDmQC |date=2002 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |isbn=978-0-8020-8415-6 }}<br />
* {{citation |last=Tandon |first=Om Prakash |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]] }}<br />
* {{Citation | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8edkLcxSUYAC | title=Yakshagana | first=Martha Bush | last=Ashton | publisher=Abhinav Publications | date=1976 | isbn=9788170170471 }} <br />
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