WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Mahavira (Sanskrit: ), also known as Vardhaman, was the 24th tirthankara (supreme preacher) of Jainism. He was the spiritual successor of the 23rd tirthankara Parshvanatha. Mahavira was born in the early part of the 6th century BCE into a royal Kshatriya Jain family in ancient India.

Detailed explanation-2: -Vardhman Mahavira also was known as Mahavira Swami was the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism. His father’s name was Siddhartha and mother’s name was Trisala who was a Lichhchavi princess. He married princess Yashoda at a very young age.

Detailed explanation-3: -Vardhamana Mahavira was born in 540 B.C. at Kundagram (now Basokund) near Vaisali in Bihar. At the age of 72 in 468 BC, he attained Nirvana at Pavapuri (Nalanda).