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Mahavira was born in the early 6th century BCE to a royal Jain family of ancient India. His mother's name was Trishala and his father's name was Siddhartha. They were lay devotees of Parshvanatha. Mahavira abandoned all worldly possessions at the age of about 30 and left home in pursuit of spiritual awakening, becoming an ascetic.
- One daughter, Priyadarshana, also called Anojja.
- Parshvanatha
- Vira, Ativira, Vardhamana, Sanmatinatha
- Jainism
Mar 25, 2024 · Mahavira and his contemporary Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, were two of the greatest leaders in this movement. Although accounts of the life of Mahavira vary for the two Jain sects, he apparently was reared in luxury, but because he was a younger son he could not inherit the leadership of the clan.
- Umakant Premanand Shah
Lord Mahavira was the twenty-fourth and last Jain Tirthankara according to the Jain philosophy. A Tirthankara is an enlightened soul who is born as a human being and attains perfection through intense meditation. For a Jain, Lord Mahavira is no less than God and his philosophy is like the Bible.
Sep 10, 2009 · Mahavira is regarded as the man who gave Jainism its present-day form; although this is true only in the widest sense. He is sometimes wrongly called "the founder of Jainism". Mahavira is...
Apr 21, 2024 · Apr. 20, 2024, 7:41 PM ET (The Indian Express) PM Modi greets people on Mahavir Jayanti. Jainism, Indian religion teaching a path to spiritual purity and enlightenment through disciplined nonviolence ( ahimsa, literally “non-injury”) to all living creatures.
Apr 25, 2024 · Mahavira was an Indian mathematician who made significant contributions to the development of algebra. All that is known about Mahavira’s life is that he was a Jain (he perhaps took his name to honour the great Jainism reformer Mahavira [c. 599–527 bce]) and that he wrote Ganitasarasangraha.
Feb 1, 2023 · King Shrenik, the emperor of Magadh, was a follower of Buddhism previously but on the persistent advice of his wife Chelna, the mausi (aunt) of Bhagwan Mahavira, he got attracted towards Jain Dharma. Gradually he became a strict follower of Lord Mahavira knowing the eternal & universal principles of Jainism.
