GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Tirthankara Mahavira was born into a royal Kshatriya family of King Siddhartha of the Ikshvaku Dynasty and Queen Trishala of the Licchavi republic. The Ikshvaku Dynasty was founded by the First tirthankara Rishabhanatha. According to Jains, Mahavira was born in 599 BCE.

Detailed explanation-2: -Vardhamana Mahavira was born in 599 BCE at Kundagrama near Vaishali. His mother was a Lichchavi princess named Trishala and Siddhartha, his father, was a ruler of the Nata, or Jnatri clan.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mahavira’s mother was a Lichchhavi princess and his father was from Jnatrika clan.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mahavira, the last Tirthankar of Jainism, was born in Kundupur near Vaishali. The father of Mahavira was King Siddartha and his mother Trishala was the sister of King Chetaka of Vaishali. Since the wealth of his father’s kingdom had increased during the pregnancy, the child was called Vardhaman.