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Mahavira
Indian religious leader
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Details
Instance of
Tirthankara
,
human whose existence is disputed
Born
599 BCE
, 540 BCE
Died
527 BCE
, 468 BCE
Place of birth
Vaishali
Place of death
Pawapuri
Sex or gender
male
Given name
Vardhamana
Father
Siddhartha
Mother
Trishala
Occupation
philosopher
,
monk
,
guru
,
religious leader
Position held
Tirthankara
Citizenship
Videha
Religion
Jainism
color
gold
culture
Indo-Aryan peoples
described by source
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)
,
New International Encyclopedia
different from
mahavihara
family
Solar dynasty
languages spoken, written or signed
Sanskrit
,
Ardhamagadhi Prakrit
,
Devanagari
lifestyle
asceticism
member of
samaṇa
name in native language
महावीर
student
Indrabhuti Gautama
,
Sudharma Swami
,
Bimbisara
topic's main category
Category:Mahavira
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Subject of
The New International Encyclopædia/Mahāvīra
Ancient Indian Rock-Cut architecture style
Cave Temple architecture style
Maru-Gurjara architecture style
Indian Religious architecture style
Indian Rock-Cut architecture style
Indic architecture style
Indic Rock-Cut architecture style
Jain Temple architecture style
Vihara architecture style
Depicted in
Scene from Mahavir's life
Mahavira
Child of
Trishala
Siddhartha