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Vardhamana

American  
[vahr-duh-mah-nuh] / ˌvɑr dəˈmɑ nə /

noun

Jainism.
  1. a semilegendary teacher, believed to have died c480 b.c., who reformed older doctrines to establish Jainism in its present form: regarded as the twenty-fourth and latest Tirthankara.


Vardhamana British  
/ ˌvɑːdəˈmɑːnə /

noun

  1. See Mahavira

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Let us go, beloved, to my native city, Vardhamana.

From Hindu Tales from the Sanskrit by Mitra, Siddha Mohana

In the city of Vardhamana in India there lived a powerful king named Vira-Bhuja, who, as was the custom in his native land, had many wives, each of whom had several sons.

From Hindu Tales from the Sanskrit by Mitra, Siddha Mohana

And issuing through Vardhamana gate of the city, the Pandavas bearing their weapons and accompanied by Draupadi set out in a northernly direction.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan

And issuing through Vardhamana gate of the city, the Pandavas bearing their weapons and accompanied by Draupadi set out in a northerly direction.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Vana Parva, Part 1 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan

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