WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Vardhamana came to be known as Mahavira or Jina, the conqueror of the self. Hence, his followers came to be known as Jains. The Jains also considered him to be the last of the twenty four Tirthankaras.

Detailed explanation-2: -Arihant (Jain Prakrit: arihant, Sanskrit: , lit. ‘conqueror’) is a jiva (soul) who has conquered inner passions such as attachment, anger, pride and greed.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.