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Mahavira
24th Tirthankara of Jainism, promoter of non-violence, truth, and celibacy
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
- samana
- 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
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