Shri Suvidhinath: life and stories
Following the Shwetambar tradition, chiefly Acharya Shri Hemchandracharya's Trishashti Shalaka Purush Charitra and the Kalpasutra. Kalyanak tithis are in Gujarati months.
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In a former life he was a king in Mahavideh who took diksha and, through the aradhana of the twenty sthanak, bound the Tirthankar naam karma; he was then born as a dev in the higher devlok.
On Maha Vad 9 his soul came into the womb of Queen Rama, wife of King Sugriv of Kakandi, and she saw the fourteen great dreams.
The tradition says that while he was in the womb his mother became skilled in every right practice (vidhi), so he was named Suvidhi. He is also called Pushpadant. His chinh is the makar (crocodile).
He was born on Kartak Vad 5, and the Indras celebrated the janmabhishek on Meru.
After the Lokantik devs came to request him and a year of varshidaan, he took diksha on Kartak Vad 6 with a thousand kings.
He attained kevalgyan on Kartak Sud 3; the devs built the samavasaran and the fourfold sangh was set up.
On Bhadarva Sud 9 Shri Suvidhinath attained nirvan on Sammet Shikhar.