A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Vardhamana Mahavira
This page describes Vardhamana Mahavira which is located on page 501 of the third volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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Jainism and Patanjali Yoga (Comparative Study) [by Deepak bagadia]
So, parents gave him name of “Vardhamana” means increasing. He was popularly known as Mahavira since he showed high degree of courage and fearlessness during his childhood. As he got matured and got married, he firmly realised that worldly happiness and pleasures do not last and based mainly on miseries and unhappiness of others. At the age of 30, he renounced the worldly life and became a monk....
Read full contents: Part 1 - History of Jainism and Biography of Lord Mahavira
Garga Samhita (English) [by Danavir Goswami]
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning: निःशस्त्रास् ते महा-वीरा मुष्टिभिः सर्वतो बलम् तेडुः शैलं यथा नागाः शुण्डा-दण्डैर् इतस् ततः nihshastras te maha-vira mushtibhih sarvato balam teduh shailam yatha nagah shunda-dandair itas tatah nihshastrah—unarmed; te—they; maha-vira—heroes; mushtibhih—with fists; sarvatah—in all respects; balam—strength; teduh—hit; shailam—a mountain; yatha—as; nagah—elephants; shunda-dandaih—with their trunks; itah—here; tatah—and there....
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A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 1 [by Surendranath Dasgupta]
In the present period the first Tirthankara was Rishabha and the last, the 24th, was Vardhamana Mahavira. All Tirthankaras have reached moksha at their death, and they neither care for nor have any influence on worldly affairs, but yet they are regarded as “Gods” by the Jains and are worshipped (* 1) See Jacobi s article on Jainism, E. R. E. (* 2) See “Digumbara Jain Iconography (i. a, xxxii [1903] p. 459” of J....
Read full contents: Part 1 - The Origin of Jainism
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