In the Digambara Jain account recorded in the supplied material, Puṣpadanta appears within the institutional history of scripture: when oral transmission of Lord Mahāvīra’s teachings declined over the centuries, Ācārya Puṣpadanta together with Bhūtabali wrote down those teachings in the Ṣaṭkhaṇḍāgama; the Ṣaṭkhaṇḍāgama is thereby presented as the most revered Digambara text given the status of āgama (Source 1). Separately, in a Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam-related passage (fragmentarily cited in the supplied material) Puṣpadanta appears simply as one name in a roster of attendants/associates enumerated around a lord-figure; the sources do not provide a unified birthstory or mythic life for this name across traditions (Source 12).
The supplied sources do not provide any physical description or iconography for Puṣpadanta. In the Jain context he is presented as an ācārya/authorial figure (textual role) rather than in visual or sculptural terms (Source 1). In the devotional list citation he is a named member of a retinue without descriptive traits; other occurrences of the name in liturgical or stotra-attributions in the broader bibliography appear as author-names but the provided materials do not establish visual attributes or confirm identity across those occurrences (Sources 1, 9/3, 12).
In the Digambara Jain context Puṣpadanta’s principal attributed role is doctrinal and literary: together with Bhūtabali he is credited with committing the oral teachings of Mahāvīra to writing in the Ṣaṭkhaṇḍāgama, thereby functioning as a transmitter and codifier of canonical doctrine (Source 1). In the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam fragment cited, Puṣpadanta is listed among named companions/attendants; the surrounding text characterizes the group in martial terms, but the supplied excerpt does not ascribe independent supernatural feats or particular powers to Puṣpadanta individually (Source 12). No other supernatural abilities are attested in the provided material.
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- [1]Satkhandagama / Puṣpadanta & Bhūtabali authorship (Wikipedia). Wikipedia, 'Satkhandagama' (entry discussing Digambara tradition and Puṣpadanta & Bhūtabali's role in writing Ṣaṭkhaṇḍāgama)wiki
- [2]Wikidata: Puṣpadanta. Wikidata entry for Puṣpadanta (identifies the name across authority records)other
- [3]Srimad-Bhagavatam passages (8.21.16-17) — devotional listing. SB 8.21.16-17 as reproduced at prabhupadabooks.com — fragmentary passage listing Puṣpadanta among attendants/companionsliterary
- [4]Mahimnastava and related archive items (author-name occurrences). Archive.org items referencing Mahimnastava and related stotra attributions (noting occurrences of the name Puspadanta as an author-name in devotional literature)literary
- [5]Exotic India Art product entries referencing Puspadanta-attributed works. Exotic India Art product page citing a study of a work titled 'Mahapurana of Puspadanta' (bibliographic reference in supplied material)other