Nabhi

Nabhi
14th Kulakara
Image of King Nabhi and Queen Marudevi (Photo: Khajuraho Museum, Madhya Pradesh, India)
Other names	Nābhirāja
Height	525 bows (1575 metres)
Age	17 lakh years
Spouse	Marudevi
Children	Rishabhanatha
Preceded by	Prasenachandra

King Nabhi or Nabhi Rai or was the 14th or the last Kulakara of avasarpini. He was the father of Rishabhanatha, the first Tirthankara of present avasarpini.

King Nabhi or Nabhi Rai or was the fourteenth or the last Kulakara of avasarpini. He taught the men how to cut the nabhi (navel chords).

Marudevi, queen of king Nabhi, saw the 16 auspicious dreams. When she shared her dreams with the king, he explained that she will give birth to a tirthankara. She then gave birth to Rishabhanatha, the first tirthankara of present avasarpini.

According to Jain text Ādi purāṇa, Nabhirāja lived for 1 crore purva and his height was 525 dhanusha (long bows).