Mahavira
Indian religious leader
Facts
25 properties- Instance of
- Tirthankara, human whose existence is disputed[22]
- Date of birth
- 599 BC, 540 BC[10]
- Date of death
- 527 BC, 468 BC[11]
- Place of birth
- Vaishali
- Place of death
- Pawapuri
- Occupation
- philosopher, monk, guru, religious leader
- Position held
- Tirthankara[15]
- Father
- Siddhartha[12]
- Languages spoken, written or signed
- Sanskrit, Ardhamagadhi Prakrit, Devanagari[28][29][30]
- Culture
- Indo-Aryan peoples[35]
- Described by source
- Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), New International Encyclopedia[26][27]
- Different from
- mahavihara[33]
- Family
- Solar dynasty[23]
- Given name
- Vardhamana[25]
- Height
- +7[34]
- Lifestyle
- asceticism[32]
- Name in native language
- महावीर[31]
- P14541
- 3sKd8S[36]
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🏷️ Also known as
en Nirgrantha
en Vir
en Vardhaman Mahavir
en Lord Mahavir
en Maha-ativeer
en Mahavira
en Mahavir Swami
ar ماهافيرا
cs Mahávíra
el Μαχαβιρασβάμι
fa مهاویرا
fr Mahāvīra
he מאהאווירה
hi वर्धमान
hi नातिपुत्ता
hi भगवान महावीर
hu Vardhamána
ja ヴァルダマーナ
ja マハーヴィーラ
ko 마하비라
🔖 Identifiers · 35
- ISNI
- 0000000119581042
- VIAF cluster ID
- 25851324
- Library of Congress authority ID
- n50059509
- GND ID
- 118781251
- Image (Wikimedia Commons)
- Mahavir.jpg ↗
- BBC Things ID
- 652ba282-f857-42c8-9a0c-c31f88e174f6
- CERL Thesaurus ID
- cnp00588587
- Canadiana Name Authority ID
- ncf11411191
- Comic Vine ID
- 4005-128176
- DDB person (GND) ID
- 118781251
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
- 492503
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
- biography/Mahavira-Jaina-teacher, biography/Vardhamana
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- FAST ID
- 18606
- Freebase ID
- /m/01jcfc
- Google Arts & Culture entity ID
- m01jcfc
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
- mahavira
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
- 0039227
- InPhO ID
- thinker/3509
- IxTheo authority ID
- 079559115
- Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
- 118781251
- Krugosvet article (archived)
- kultura_i_obrazovanie/religiya/DZHINA_MAHAVIRA.html
- Lex ID
- Mahavira
- National Library of Israel ID (old)
- 000412846
- National Library of Israel J9U ID
- 987007278233505171
- Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
- 071197567
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
- 3993948
- Quora topic ID
- Bhagwan-Mahavir
- SHARE Catalogue author ID
- 665844
- Topic's main category
- Category:Mahavira
- Treccani's Dizionario di Storia ID
- mahavira-vardhamana
- Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija ID
- mahavyras
- Wellcome Collection concept ID
- j57yf4r2
- World History Encyclopedia ID
- Vardhamana
- Yale LUX ID
- person/1a9eef40-8b1a-4c20-9765-956208ab08d0
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Occupation 3
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Father 1
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Summary
Mahavira is a Tirthankara[1]. Mahavira was born in 599 BC[2] in Vaishali[3]. Mahavira died in 527 BC[4] in Pawapuri[5]. Mahavira worked as a philosopher[6], monk[7], guru[8], and religious leader[9].
Body
Influence
Things named for Mahavira include Bardhaman[37], a municipality of West Bengal[38], in India[39].
Why It Matters
Entities named for Mahavira include Bardhaman[37], a municipality of West Bengal[38], in India[39].
FAQs
Where was Mahavira born?
Mahavira's place of birth was Vaishali[3].
Where did Mahavira die?
Mahavira died in Pawapuri[5].
Who were Mahavira's parents?
Mahavira's father was Siddhartha[12]. Mahavira's mother was Trishala[13].
What did Mahavira do for work?
Mahavira worked as a philosopher[6], monk[7], guru[8], and religious leader[9].