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Mahavira (Devanagari: महावीर, Mahāvīra), also known as Vardhamana (Devanagari: वर्धमान, Vardhamāna), was the 24th Tirthankara (Supreme Preacher) of Jainism. He was the spiritual successor of the 23rd Tirthankara Parshvanatha. [12] Mahavira was born in the early 6th century BCE to a royal Kshatriya Jain family of ...
Lord Mahavira was the last and 24thTirthankara of Jainism and is responsible for reordering the religion and introducing the Jain Sangha. Lord Mahavira considered men and women to be spiritual equals and that they both may renounce the world in search of Moksha.
Feb 1, 2023 · Lord Mahavir Life Story (with illustration) Presented by-Shri Chandnamati Mataji. About two thousand six hundred years ago, King Siddhartha of Nath Dynasty ruled at Kundalpur of Bihar state in India. The name of his wife was Trishala (Priyakarini). Both of them lived at 7 storeyed Nandyavarta Palace of Kundalpur.
Apr 4, 2023 · Lord Mahavira was 24th and last Tirthankara of Jainism who succeeded the 23rd Tirthankara, Parshvanatha. His birth anniversary is celebrated as Mahavir Jayanti.
Jun 11, 2024 · Mahavira was the 24th and last Tirthankara of Jainism. Also known as Vardhamana, he was an Indian ascetic philosopher and one of the principal figures of Jainism which is one of the major religions of the Indian subcontinent.
Sep 23, 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.
PDF Refernece URL: https://www.drishtiias.com/printpdf/lord-mahavira Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org) The 24th and last Tirthankara; succeeded the Tirthankara, Parshvanatha
Lord Mahavira is the twenty-fourth Tirthankar. He was born in 599 B.C. at Kshatriyakund which was a part of the well known Vaishali republic. His father’s name was King Siddhartha and his mother’s name was Queen Trishala. They were very religious people and were followers of Lord Parshvanath.
Dec 15, 2023 · Mahavira (meaning the Great Hero) was born in 599 BCE in Kundagram near Vaishali (located in the northern Indian state of Bihar), to Kshatriya king Siddhartha and Queen Trishala. His given name was Vardhamana (the One Who Knows).
Jainism came to prominence in the 6 th century B.C., when Lord Mahavira propagated the religion. There were 24 great teachers, the last of whom was Lord Mahavira. These twenty-four teachers were called Tirthankaras-people who had attained all knowledge (Moksha) while living and preached it to the people. The first Tirthankara was Rishabnatha.
