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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.
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.
- Umakant Premanand Shah
Learn about the life, philosophy and legacy of Lord Mahavira, the last Jain Tirthankara and a spiritual teacher. Find out how he renounced his royal life, attained omniscience, and spread Jainism across India.
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.
- Joshua J. Mark
Sep 10, 2009 · Mahavira. 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".
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.
In the early days of Jain studies, Western scholars thought Mahāvīra had founded the Jain religion but it is now widely accepted that he reformed an established religious tradition. He is credited with adding a fifth vow to the four preached by the 23rd Jina, Pārśvanātha or Lord Pārśva.
