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Mahavira (Devanagari: महावीर, Mahāvīra), also known as Vardhamana (Devanagari: वर्धमान, Vardhamāna), the 24th Tirthankara (Supreme Teacher) of Jainism. He was the spiritual successor of the 23rd Tirthankara Parshvanatha. Mahavira was born in the early 6th century BCE to a royal Jain family of ancient India.
Name: Vardhamana. Birth: 599 B.C. Birth Place: Kshatriyakund, Vaishali (in modern day Bihar) Parents: Kingh Siddhartha and Queen Trishala. Spouse: Yashoda. Children: Priyadarshana (daughter) Titles: Mahavira, Trirthankar, Jina. Age of Attaining Kevala Jnana: 42 years. Ideology: Jainism. Death: 527 B.C. Age of attaining Moksha: 72 years.
Feb 1, 2023 · The name of his wife was Trishala (Priyakarini). Both of them lived at 7 storeyed Nandyavarta Palace of Kundalpur. The name of the parents of Siddhartha was king Sarvartha & queen Shrimati.
Jamali’s wife Priyadarshana, the daughter of Lord Mahavir, too walked out with her husband. However, after a few years, it so happened that Priyadarshana was at a place where a potter, aware of how she had left her father, tried to open her eyes so that she could go back into the shelter of Mahavir Swami.
Anojia or Priyadarshana married to Jamali. Sheshavati. The Svetambaras say that the soul of this Tirthankara had first descended into the womb of the Brahman Devananda. There after his fetus had been, by the order of Shakra (Indra) removed thence to the womb of Trishala who actually gave birth to Mahavira.
As per the Svetambaras, Mahavira was first conceived in the womb of Devananda, a pious Brahmin woman and the wife of Brahman Rishabhadatta. She saw 14 auspicious and wondrous dreams that foretold his coming.
His wife and Mahavira's mother, Trisala, was a Licchavi princess and sister of Chetaka. The family was connected to Bimbisara, the powerful ruler of Magadha, through his wife, Chellana, who was a daughter of Chetaka.
Vardhamana. Born: c. 599 bce traditional dating, Kshatriyakundagrama, India. Died: 527 traditional dating, Pavapuri. Notable Family Members: mother Trishala. Subjects Of Study: Jainism. ahimsa. mahavrata. vegetarianism.
Sep 23, 2020 · Vardhamana (l. c. 599-527 BCE), better known as Mahavira (“Great Hero”) is the sage credited with founding of the nontheistic religion of Jainism, a belief system established in the 6th and 5th centuries BCE in India, which provided adherents with a disciplined path toward spiritual liberation.
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".
