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Mahavira (Devanagari: महावीर, Mahāvīra), also
known as
Vardhamana (Devanagari: वर्धमान,
Vardhamāna), was the 24th
Tirthankara (Supreme
Preacher and Ford...
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Siddhartha was the
father of
Mahavira (
Vardhamana), the 24th Jain Tirthankara. He was a
Kshatriya ruler from the
Ikshvaku dynasty and the Gaṇa
Mukhya of...
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Vardhaman College of
Engineering (VCE) is an
autonomous institution affiliated with
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU)
situated in Shamshabad...
- and to
purify the jiva (soul). The
tirthankaras such as the Mahāvīra (
Vardhamana) set an
example by
performing severe austerities for
twelve years. Monastic...
- the king was
chosen by votes.
Vaishali was its capital. He was
named Vardhamana,
meaning "One who grows",
because of the
increased prosperity in the kingdom...
- The origin of this name
dates back to the
sixth century BCE and is
ascribed to
Vardhamāna or Mahāvīra (599-527 BCE), the 24th Tīrthāṅkara of Jainism, who spent...
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possibly going back to the time of the
Indus valley civilization, and that
Vardhamana rather than
being a 'founder' per se was, rather,
simply a
primary spokesman...
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Lodhi village chief (nagar chaudhari)
occurs in
Navalshah Chanderia's
Vardhamana Purana,
written in
Samvat 1825. It
mentions a
Gajrath pratishtha function...
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replaced by
Gupta Empire in the 4th century. King Loka who was born in
Vardhamāna (Bardhamān) is
mentioned who must have
ruled in the
early 4th century...
- of the hall, respectively,
while within the
shrine resides an idol of
Vardhamana Mahavir Swami. The idol is
seated in a
padmasan position on a lion-throne...
