Mahavira

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Jain monk Tirthankara religious leader spiritual teacher

Mahavira was the 24th and last Tirthankara of Jainism, revered as a great spiritual teacher who revitalized and systematized the Jain religious tradition.

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Surface form Occurrences
Vardhamana 1

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jain monk ⓘ
Tirthankara ⓘ
religious leader ⓘ
spiritual teacher ⓘ
asceticPracticeDuration 12 years ⓘ
asceticPractices meditation ⓘ
non-possession ⓘ
severe austerities ⓘ
associatedConcept anekantavada (doctrine of non-one-sidedness) ⓘ
syadvada (doctrine of conditioned predication) ⓘ
attainedKevalaJnana true ⓘ
birthDate circa 599 BCE ⓘ
birthPlace Kundagrama ⓘ
birthRegion Vaishali ⓘ
Videha ⓘ
Bihar ⓘ
surface form: present-day Bihar, India
child Priyadarshana ⓘ
clan Naya clan ⓘ
commemorationFestival Mahavir Jayanti ⓘ
contemporaryOf Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
surface form: Gautama Buddha
coreEthic non-violence towards all living beings ⓘ
deathDate circa 527 BCE ⓘ
deathPlace Pavapuri ⓘ
deathRegion Magadha ⓘ
Bihar ⓘ
surface form: present-day Bihar, India
father Siddhartha of Kundagrama ⓘ
followersKnownAs Nirgranthas ⓘ
honorificTitle Jina ⓘ
Mahavira self-link ⓘ
Shramana ⓘ
Mahavira self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Vardhamana
kevalaJnanaMeaning omniscience in Jainism ⓘ
languageOfTeachings Ardhamagadhi Prakrit ⓘ
liberationEvent attained moksha ⓘ
liberationPlace Pavapuri ⓘ
marriedTo Yashoda ⓘ
mother Trishala ⓘ
placeOfKevalaJnana on the banks of the Rijupalika River ⓘ
placeOfKevalaJnanaRegion Jrimbhikagrama ⓘ
positionInJainTirthankaraOrder 24 ⓘ
preachedIn Magadha ⓘ
surface form: Magadha region
religion Jainism ⓘ
renunciationAct renounced worldly life to become an ascetic ⓘ
renunciationAge 30 ⓘ
revitalized Jain religious tradition ⓘ
scripturalSource Agamas ⓘ
surface form: Agamas of Jainism
sectarianReverence revered by both Digambara and Svetambara Jains ⓘ
socialStatusAtBirth Kshatriya ⓘ
symbolInJainism lion ⓘ
systematized Jain ethical vows ⓘ
Jain monastic discipline ⓘ
taughtDoctrine ahimsa (non-violence) ⓘ
aparigraha (non-possession) ⓘ
asteya (non-stealing) ⓘ
brahmacharya (chastity) ⓘ
satya (truth) ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jainism → associatedWith → Mahavira ⓘ
Hanuman → epithet → Mahavira ⓘ
Mahavira → honorificTitle → Mahavira self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vardhamana
Mahavira → honorificTitle → Mahavira self-link ⓘ
Mahavir Jayanti → honours → Mahavira ⓘ
Jainism → lastTirthankara → Mahavira ⓘ
Svetambara → venerates → Mahavira ⓘ