Mallinatha (Prakrit Mallinātha, Devanagari: मल्लिनाथ, Sanskrit: मल्लिनाथः, 'Lord of jasmine or seat') was the 19th tīrthaṅkara "ford-maker" of the present avasarpiṇī age in Jainism.

Jain texts indicate Mālliṇātha was born at Mithila into the Ikshvaku dynasty to King Kumbha and Queen Prajnavati.

Digambara tradition believes a woman can reach to the 16th heaven and can attain liberation only being reborn as a man.

[3][4] However, the Shvetambara tradition of Jainism states that Māllīnātha was female with a name Mallivati.

[5][6] According to Jain beliefs, Mālliṇātha became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma.