 "Digambara" tradition says Mallinatha was a son born in a royal family, and worships Mallinatha as a male.However, the "Svetambara" tradition of Jainism states that Māllīnātha was female with a name Malli bai.According to Jain beliefs, Mālliṇātha became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma.