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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 ...
He worked as a Professor of Sanskrit in the Department of Education under the Government of Madhya Pradesh. Throughout his career, he taught Sanskrit at various government colleges, including those in Nagpur, Jabalpur, Jaora, Mandala, and Bhopal. He eventually retired as Professor and Head of the Department of Sanskrit at Government College ...
Institutions of higher education in India affiliated, associated or administered by followers of Jainism. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
Though Mahavira is sometimes mistakenly regarded as the founder, he appears in the tradition as one who, from the beginning, had followed a religion established long ago. [37] After the death of his parents, Mahavira left his home at the age of 30 and meditated for 12.5 years until he attained Kevala jnana (omniscience). [38]
The sect is essentially a reformation of the one founded on teachings of Lonka. [58] Sthānakavāsīs reject all but thirty-two of the Śvetāmbara canon. Terapanth is another reformist religious sect under Śvetāmbara Jainism. It was founded by Acharya Bhikshu, also known as Swami Bhikanji Maharaj. Swami Bhikanji was formerly a Sthanakvasi ...
Ancient Buddhist texts (such as the Samaññaphala Sutta) which mention Jain ideas and Mahavira cite the four restraints, rather than the five vows of later Jain texts. This has led scholars such as Hermann Jacobi to say that when Mahavira and the Buddha met, the Buddhists knew only about the four restraints of the Parshvanatha tradition. [86]
The four main temples are Shitalanatha temple, Chandraprabha temple, Mahavira temple and Dadawadi and Kushalji Maharaja temple, where footprints of Jain monks Acharya Jinaduttsuri and Acharya Jinkushalsuri are installed. Towards the south of the temple of Shitalanatha, lies the shrine of Chandaprabha, which was built by Ganeshlal Kapoorchand ...
Jambuswami (543-449 BCE) was the spiritual successor of Sudharmaswami in Jain religious order reorganised by Mahavira. [1] [2] He remained the head for 39 or 44 years, after which he is believed to have gained Kevala Jnana (omniscience). [1] [3] He is believed to be the third and last kevali (omniscient being) after Mahavira in Jain tradition. [4]