A name for prince Vardhamana, the founder of Jainism, which means: great hero. He is also called Jina and Siddha Buddha.
founder of the Jain religion, a contemporary of Buddha. He is, because of that, considered as the 24th Tirthankara, the divine Masters of this religion
("Great Hero") Vardhamana, the 24th Tirthankara, who lived 599-527 BC
The title (and name) of the founder of Jainism, meaning "great one"; also known as Vardhamana.
Literally the great warrior who conquered his self by extreme austerities and penances; the founder of Jainism which like Budhism was yet another attempt at reforming the Brahmical supremacy based on rites and rituals.
literally, "great hero" (599-527 [or 467] BCE); the 24th Jina, and the founder of the Jain tradition; Mahavira's ascetic life and teachings form the basis of the ancient Indian tradition of Jainism.
Mahavira (वरà¥à¤§à¤®à¤¾à¤¨ महावीर Great Hero) (599-527 BC, though possibly 549-477 BC) was the last,24th, Jainist Tirthankara. He is also known in texts as Vira or Viraprabhu, Vardhamana (increasing), Sanmati, Ativira, and Gnatputra. In the Theravada Buddhist scriptures he is referred to as the Niggantha Nathaputta - 'the naked ascetic of the JñÄtr clan.'
Mahavira was a 10th century Indian mathematician from Gulbarga who asserted that the square root of a negative number did not exist. He gave the sum of a series whose terms are squares of an arithmetical progression and empirical rules for area and perimeter of an ellipse. He was patronised by the great Rashtrakuta king Amoghavarsha.