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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 Jain family of ancient India.
Mahavir Janma Kalyanak is one of the most important religious festivals in Jainism. It celebrates the birth of Mahavira, the twenty-fourth and last Tirthankara (supreme preacher) of present Avasarpiṇī. [a] On the Gregorian calendar, the holiday occurs either in March or April.
e. Jain meditation (Sanskrit: ध्यान, dhyana) has been the central practice of spirituality in Jainism along with the Three Jewels. [1] Jainism holds that emancipation can only be achieved through meditation or shukla dhyana.[2] According to Sagarmal Jain, it aims to reach and remain in a state of "pure-self awareness or knowership." [3]
The Ṣaṭkhaṅḍāgama (Prakrit: "Scripture in Six Parts") is the foremost and oldest Digambara Jain sacred text. [1] According to Digambara tradition, the original teachings of lord Mahavira were passed on orally from Ganadhar, the chief disciple of Mahavira to his disciples and so on as they had the capability of listening and remembering it for always.
Jain rituals play an everyday part in Jainism. Rituals take place daily or more often. Rituals include obligations followed by Jains and various forms of idol worship. Jains rituals can be separated broadly in two parts: Karyn (obligations which are followed) and Kriya (worships which are performed).
The Kalpa Sūtra (Sanskrit: कल्पसूत्र) is a Jain text containing the biographies of the Jain Tirthankaras, notably Parshvanatha and Mahavira. [1] Traditionally ascribed to Bhadrabahu, which would place it in the 4th century BCE, [2] it was probably put in writing 980 or 993 years after the Nirvana (Moksha) of Mahavira.
Diwali in Jainism marks the anniversary of Nirvana (final release) or liberation of Mahavira 's soul, the twenty-fourth and last Jain Tirthankara of the present cosmic age. It is celebrated at the same time as the Hindu festival of Diwali. Diwali marks the end of the year for Jains, and it likewise commemorates the passing of their twenty ...
Ghantakarna Mahavira is a Jain deity from the Jain tradition and is worshiped and venerated by some specific monastic lineages and probably many laymen. He is one of the fifty-two vira s (protector deities) and is called Mahavira (Great vira). [1][2] The verse 67 of Gantakarana Mantra Stotra by Vimalachandra states that he is worshipped since ...