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Padmaprabhu was the sixth Jain Tirthankar
Tirthankar

In Jainism, a Tirthankar is a human being who achieves Enlightenment through asceticism and who then beco






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Padmaprabhu was the sixth Jain Tirthankar
Tirthankar

In Jainism, a Tirthankar is a human being who achieves Enlightenment through asceticism and who then becomes a role-model teacher for those seeking spiritual guidance....
 of the present age (Avsarpini
Avsarpini

Avsarpini is the Prakrit word used for time period in Jainism. Avsarpini is use for Present age according to Jain belief. All the present 24 Jain Tirthankar, from Rishabhdev to Mahavir are from Avsarpini kala ....
). According to Jain beliefs, he became a siddha
Siddha

A siddha ?????? in Tamil means "one who is accomplished" and refers to perfected masters who according to Hindu belief have transcended the ahamkara , have subdued their minds to be subservient to their Awareness, and have transformed their bodies composed mainly of dense Rajo-tama gunas into a different kind of bodies dominated by sa...
 - a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma
Karma

Karma is the concept of "action" or "deed" in Indian religions understood as that which causes the entire cycle of causality originating in ancient India and treated in Hindu, Jain, Sikh and Buddhism philosophies....
.

Padmaprabha (also known as Padhmaprabhu swami) was born to King Shridhar Raja and Queen Susimadevi at Koushambi in the Ikshvaku
Ikshvaku

Ikshvaku was the first king of the Ikshvaku dynasty and founder of the Solar Dynasty of Kshatriyas in Vedic civilization in ancient India....
 clan. His birth date was the twelfth day of the Kartik krishna month of the Hindu calendar.