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Also Known As Mahāvīra • Vardhamāna
Born c.599 BCE • India
Died 527 BCE • India
Notable Family Members mother Trishala
Subjects Of Study Jainism • ahimsa • mahavrata • vegetarianism

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Mahavira enthroned, miniature from the Kalpa-sutra, 15th-century western Indian school; in the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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Bhadrabahu I
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Pampa
Indian poet
Haribhadra
Indian author
Trishala
mother of Mahavira
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Hippolyte Hélyot
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Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar
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Balak Singh
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Govinda Das
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Sayyid Husain Bilgrami
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