Padmaprabhanatha, Padmaprabhanātha: 1 definition
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Source: Wisdom Library: JainismPadmaprabhanātha (पद्मप्रभनाथ) is another name for Padmaprabha, the sixth Tīrthaṅkara (Janism recognizes 24 such teachers or Siddhas). His colour is red (rakta), according to Aparājitapṛcchā (221.5-7). His height is 250 dhanuṣa (a single dhanuṣa (or, ‘bow’) equals 6 ft), thus, roughly corresponding to 457 meters. His emblem, or symbol, is a Padma.
Padmaprabhanātha’s father is Dhara according to Śvetāmbara but Dharaṇa according to Digambara and his mother is Susīmā. It is an ancient Jain practice to worship the Tīrthaṅkara’s parents in various rites, such as the pratiṣṭhāvidhi, according to the Ācāradinakara (14th century work on Jain conduct written by Vardhamāna Sūri).
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
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