Marudevi (also written Marudevi Devi) is an important figure in Jainism with two main understandings, depending on tradition:

• Śvetāmbara view (the more common in Jain narratives): Marudevi is the mother of Rishabhanatha (Adinath), the first Tirthankara of this era, and the wife of King Nabhi. She is revered as Jina-mātā (the mother of a Jina) and is associated with the auspicious dreams that foretold Rishabhanatha’s birth. In this tradition she is also described as having attained moksha in this age (often depicted as happening while she sits on an elephant). This makes her a central maternal figure in the Rishabhanatha narrative. You can read more on this understanding here and here .

• Digambara view (cosmological/mythic context): Marudevi is described as a figure in the early world-age pantheon (a kimpuruṣa lineage) who, along with her husband Nabhi, is named as the parent of Nabhi and Marudevi. In this framework, she is part of a different, cosmological account of origins. You can read a brief note about this Digambara perspective here .

In short, Marudevi is chiefly recognized as:

• the mother of the first Tirthankara Rishabhanatha in Śvetāmbara tradition, and
• a cosmological figure in Digambara texts.

If you’d like, I can give a concise version of her life story as told in Śvetāmbara sources.