HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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Performed rigorous penance
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Left house at 40 and became enlightened 20 years later
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Believed in non-violence
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None of these
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Detailed explanation-1: -Mahavira left his home and went to live in a forest when he was thirty years old. He led a hard and lonely life for twelve years, at the end of which he attained enlightenment.
Detailed explanation-2: -Mahavira becomes an ascetic He spent twelve and a half years subjecting himself to extremely long, arduous periods of fasting and meditation. Eventually his efforts bore fruit, and Vardhamana attained Kevalnyan, enlightenment, and therefore was later called Mahavira (the name is from maha, great, and vira, hero).
Detailed explanation-3: -Mahavira abandoned all worldly possessions at the age of about 30 and left home in pursuit of spiritual awakening, becoming an ascetic. Mahavira practiced intense meditation and severe austerities for twelve and a half years, after which he attained Kevala Jnana (omniscience).
Detailed explanation-4: -he attained “Kaivalya” i.e. the supreme knowledge and final deliverance from the bonds of pleasure and pain. Hence, he was called “Kevalin".