Mahavira
Americannoun
noun
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For Jains, it's about the moment Jainism founder Lord Mahavira reached a state of being known as Moksha, or eternal bliss.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2023
Mahavira believed that everything in the universe has a soul and so should not be harmed.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
Mahavira, the founder of Jainism, was born about 599 B.C. and died in 527 B.C.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
Mahavira means "great hero"; may he look down the centuries on his heroic son Gandhi!
From Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
Was the legend of Mahavira, then, a sectarian version of the legend of Gautama, did no such person exist, at least as the founder of a religious body?
From History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems by Allan Menzies
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