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Mahavira ( Devanagari: महावीर, Mahāvīra ), also known as Vardhamana (Devanagari: वर्धमान, Vardhamāna ), was the founder of Jainism and the 24th Tirthankara (Supreme Teacher). He was the spiritual successor of the 23rd Tirthankara Parshvanatha. [11] . Mahavira was born in the early 6th century BCE to a royal Jain family of ancient India.
Lord Mahavira. 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.
May 14, 2024 · Mahavira (born c. 599 bce traditional dating, Kshatriyakundagrama, India—died 527 traditional dating, Pavapuri) was the last of the 24 Tirthankaras (“Ford-makers,” i.e., saviours who promulgated Jainism ), and the reformer of the Jain monastic community.
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.
Apr 21, 2024 · Mahavira, also known as Vardhamana, was a pivotal figure in the development of Jainism, one of the oldest religions in the world. He is revered as the twenty-fourth Tirthankara, or spiritual teacher, in Jain tradition.
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".
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.
Mahavira , orig. Vardhamana, (born traditionally c. 599, Kshatriyakundagrama, India—died traditionally 527 bce, Pavapuri), Indian reformer of the Jain monastic community, last of the 24 Tirthankaras, or saints, who founded Jainism.
Mahāvīra was an Indian mathematician who extended the mathematics of Brahmagupta. Biography. Mahavira (or Mahaviracharya meaning Mahavira the Teacher) was of the Jaina religion and was familiar with Jaina mathematics. He worked in Mysore in southern Indian where he was a member of a school of mathematics.
Mahavira ( Devanagari: महावीर, Mahāvīra ), also known as Vardhamana (Devanagari: वर्धमान, Vardhamāna ), was the founder of Jainism and the 24th Tirthankara (Supreme Teacher). He was the spiritual successor of the 23rd Tirthankara Parshvanatha.
