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Mahavira's teachings were compiled by Indrabhuti Gautama (his chief disciple) as the Jain Agamas. The texts, transmitted orally by Jain monks, are believed to have been largely lost by about the 1st century CE. Mahavira is usually depicted in a sitting or standing meditative posture, with the symbol of a lion beneath him.
Murti of Mahavira at his birthplace, Kshatriyakund (Shvetambara tradition), in Bihar. According to Jain texts, Mahavira was born on the thirteenth day of the bright half of the moon in the month of Chaitra in the year 599 BCE (Chaitra Sud 13). [2] [3] According to Shvetambara tradition, he was born in Kshatriyakund of Bihar. Some modern ...
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 Uvavai/Aupapātika sutta, which is the first Upānga (see Jain Agamas) of the Jains throws light on the relation between Mahavira and Ajatashatru. It accounts that Ajatashatru held Mahavira in the highest esteem. The same text also states that Ajatashatru had an officer to report to him about the daily routine of Mahavira. He was paid lavishly.
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. [90]
Kulpakji is an important Jain pilgrimage center of South India.The interior of the temple is made by red sandstone and white marble. Lord Rishabha, popularly called Adinath Bhagvan, was the first Tirthankar in Jainism.
Ghantakarna Mahavira is one of the fifty-two viras (protector deities) of Svetambara Jainism. [1] He is chiefly associated with Tapa Gaccha , a monastic lineage. He was a deity of the Jain tantrik tradition.
Gautama was the senior-most of 11 ganadharas (chief disciples) of Mahavira. [2] He had two brothers Agnibhuti and Vayubhuti who also became ganadhara of Mahavira. [3] Other ganadhara were Vyakta, Sudharmaswami, Mandikata Mauryaputra, Akampita, Acalabharata, Metarya and Prabhasa. [3]