Articles discussing Mahavira
The Date of Mahavira
Yogendra Mishra · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1967
“Generally speaking, two dates of Mahavira’s death hold the field. They are : (A) 527 B.C. (Hoernle!, Guerinot?), and (B) 467 B.C. (Jacobi®, Charpentier?).”
Mahavira as a Tirthankara Kevalin (A Chronology)
Kalyan Vijaya Gani · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1967
“This was the thirteenth year of Mahavira’s life as a sramana (mendi- cant) when he attained the knowledge perfect (kevala jfiana) on the tenth day of the bright half of the month of Vaiszkha on the fourth part of the day on the bank of the river Riju Valuka.”
Mahavira in sculptural art Tamil Nadu
A. Ekambaranathan · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 2001
“The earliest known sculpture of Mahavira, dated to 7th century A.D., recovered from Valuvur, is now under worship in the Jaina temple at Venkurnram near Vandavasi.”
Life of Mahavira (Kalpa Sutra)
Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1973
“Sramana Bhagavan Mahavira had an excellent community of thirteen hundred Avadhi-jnani monks who were masters of avadhi knowledge and had attained the highest limit of it (i.e., only slightly less than omni-science).”
Ethical Utilitarianism in the Light of Mahavira's Philosophy
Lata Surendra Bothra · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 2003
“Ethics according to Mahavira should be based on utilitarian and practical lines.”
The History of Gosala Mankhaliputta
A.F. Rudolf Hoernle · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1997
“Mahavira, in reply told him, that he acted like a thief who, on being hardly pressed by the villagers, tried to hide himself under different disguises in all sorts of out-of-the-way places, fondly imagining that he could not be recognised”
Jainism A Popular Cult among the House-holders during the Time of Tirthankara Mahavira
Binod Kumar Tiwary · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1988
“Mahavira, during his life time, not only organised a systematic religion and philosphy, but also a well-knit social order of the ascetics and lay followers, who earnestly followed, and practised what he and his immediate disciples preached.”
Itineraries of Mahavira in Southeastern India
T. V. G. Sastri · Jinamanjari, 1995
“According to these sources, Mahavira spent twelve rainy seasons at different places. In the first year of his renunciation, he 48 spent one season at a village called Attiyagama.'*”
Dialogues of Gautama: His Inquisitiveness
Kastur Chand Lalwani · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1987
Mahavira – The Great Wanderer
Duli Chandra Jain, Pratibha Jain · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 2002
“Such a viston arose in the form of Lord Mahavira - a seer of truth, a fountain of compassion, a life of secking and scelf-realizing.”
Some Aspects of Jainism
Jagat Prasad · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1974
“According to Jaina tradition it was this Rsabhadeva who founded Jainism. He was the first of the line of 24 Tirthankaras, great teachers of religion, of whom Mahavira was the last.”
The Jaina
Douglas Montagu Thornton · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1974
“It is now recognized by all scholars that Nataputta, who is commonly called Mahavira or Vardhamana, was a historical person and a contemporary of Sakyamuni, the Buddha.”
Jainism
B. B. Kundu · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1981
“Modern scholarship regards these two Tirthankaras as real figures and the rest as imaginary. It fixes the date of death of Mahavira at about 467 B.C. and the date of Parsvanatha to be about 800 B.C. and regards Parsvanatha as the originator of Jainism.”
Book Review: Outlines of Jainism; Mahatirth Pavapuri
Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1974
“According. to the Kalpa Sutra, Bhagavan Mahavira entered into nirvana at pavae majjhimaye.”
Salient Common Features between Jainism and Buddhism
B. H. Kapadia · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1988
“The promulgators of these two religions, Mahavira! and Buddha were Ksatriyas, both hailed from a royal family, both preached in the language of the people with a view to appeal to their heart, both lived the worldly life fora definite period of time and on suitable opportunity both renounced the world full of misery with the intention to find the highest and the ultimate truth.”
Approaches to the Question of the Antiquity of Jainism
Thomas Mcevilley · Jinamanjari, 1996
“Unlike Buddha, who is traditionally regarded as more or less his contemporary, Mahavira is not said to have founded a religion, but a to have reformed one.”
Notes Illustrating Paintings
Srenika‑Bimbisara
Muni Nagraj · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1972
“Mahavira sojourned at Rajagrha during his first monsoon after omniscience. At the commencement of this sojourn,?® Srenika accepted samyaktva rteligion, and freely permitted his princesses and queens to be initiated in the monastic’ order and participated in the celebration of these occasions.”
Is Mahavira Relevant Today?
Bhanwarmal Singhi · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1973
“The answer Mahavira gave was : “Live and let live”. Is the answer di- flerent today ? Obviously not.”
Jainism and Mahavira
Shashi Kant · Jinamanjari, 1999
“Mahavira, in contrast to his contemporary Gautama Buddha, is never declared to have received through his enlightenment the understanding of any new philosophical principle or any special insight not already familiar to his period.”
The Ganadharas of Mahavira
Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1987
“Lord Mahavira had attached to him nine gazas (schools) and eleven Ganadharas (chief disciples).”
Contribution of the Jains in Developing Moral Fibres of the Indians
Satya Ranjan Banerjee · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 2008
Common Salient Features between Jainism and Buddhism
B. H. Kapadia · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1998
“religions, Mahavira and Buddha were Khakstriyas, both hailed from a royal family, both preached in the language of the people with a view to appeal to their heart,”
Jainism
Hermann Jacobi · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1974
Jainism Through The Ages
Satya Ranjan Banerjee · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1995
The Date of Mahavira
Yogendra Mishra · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 2001
“The date of Mahavira, like that of the Buddha, occupies a very important place in ancient Indian chronology; but it has not attracted as much attention of scholars as the date of the Buddha.”
Jainism in Ancient Bengal
Ramesh Chandra Majumdar · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1984
Ajatasatru Kunika
Gosala Mankhaliputta
A.F. Rudolf Hoernle · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1997
“Gosala, the 9on of Mankhall, the founder of the Ajiviksa sect, was one of the principal rivals of Mahavira, as also of Buddha.”
Cultural Heritage of Bengal in Relation to Jainism
Shyam Chand Mukherjee · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1997
Cultural Heritage of Bengal in Relation to Jainism
Shyam Chand Mukherjee · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1989
Relevance of Jain principles of Mahavira in modern context
Binod Kumar Tiwary · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 2001
“Tirthankara Mahavira was not the founder or originator of the faith of Jainism, but only a crusader of the existing one held by a series of twentyfour Tirthankaras.”
Srimad Rajacandra on the Role of the Sadguru for Self-Realization
D. M. Shah, U.K. Pungaliya · Jinamanjari, 2001
Book Review — Jain Sahitya Ka Brihad Itihas (Vol. II, Agadanga Agam)
Life of Mahavira
Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1967
“Mahavira, the last of the Tirthankaras, took conception in the womb of Devananda, the wife of the Brahmana Risabhadatta, in the town of Kundagrama (probably a suburb of Vaisali, capital of Videha or Mithila, the modern Tirhut).”
Ganadhara Gautama
Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1987
“Mahavira preached for three hours. The gathering was enthralled by his knowledge and the sweetness of his speech.”
Mithila—The Heart of Jainism
Md. Aquique · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1978
“Mithila played a very significant part in the history of Jainism for centuries, because Mahavira, the twenty-fourth Tirthankara of the Jainas, and commonly spoken of as “the founder of Jaina Church”, was a scion of the noble family of Vaisali where he was born and had spent the early part of his life.”
Book Review
Paresh Chandra Dasgupta · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1977
“The scholarly introduction to Uttaradhyayana by Dr. Charpentier stresses that we should bear in mind that Jaina religion was essentially anterior to Mahavira.”
Mithila: The Heart of Jainism
Md. Aquique · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1986
“Mithila played a very significant role in the history of Jainism for centuries, because Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara of the Jainas and commonly spoken of as ‘the founder of Jaina Church’, was a scion of the noble family of Vaisali where he was born and had spent the early part of his life.”
Jainism, Mahavira, Buddha and Nirvana
Narayan M. Kansara · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 2001
“Mahavira, the twenty-fourth and the last Tirthankara of Jainism, was known to his contemporary Buddhists by the name Nigantha Nataputta.”
Mahavira: An Epic of Serenity in Sculpture – Part 1
Paresh Chandra Dasgupta · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1974
“The history of Vardhamana Mahavira is a legend of eternity and the emancipation of soul on the way of Time.”
Itinerary of Mahavira (Being a Geography of the Towns of Monsoon Retreat of Mahavira)
Great Women in Jainism
The Followers of Pārśvanātha
Binod Kumar Tiwary · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1998
“The Jain religion was essentially anterior to Mahavira and Parsvanatha had been an earlier historical personage.”
The Jina Malli: Jainism and the Spirituality of Women
Katherine Anne Harper · Jinamanjari, 1996
Book Review: Jaina Community – A Social Survey; Vardhaman Jivan Kos
Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1981
“Strictly speaking, no life sketch of Vardhamana Mahavira was produced during his life-time or shortly after his death by any one who had seen him and known him”
Jainism and its Relevance to the Modern Society
Duli Chandra Jain · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 2012
“Jainism is one of the oldest religions of the world. It originated thousands of years ago. Most people believe, and many text books also propound that Mahavira was the founder of Jainism. But this 15 not true. Mahavira propogated Jainism widely and brought it close to our hearts.”
The Doctrines of Mahavira
Satya Ranjan Banerjee · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1993
“Mahavira’s contribution towards the religious development of mankind is a great landmark and unparalleled in many ways in the annals of human history.”
Lives of the Jinas and Other Stories
Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1970
“At the close of his alloted period of existence in heaven, Mahavira, the last of the Tirthankaras, took conception in the womb of Devananda, the wife of Brahmana Risabhadatta, in the town of Kundagrama near Vaisali, capital of Vedeha.”
Jain Society in the Reign of Jain Kings
Satya Ranjan Banerjee · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 2008
“In the Age of Imperial Unity (7th cent. B.C. - 320 A.D.) the real history of Jainism actually started in the 6th century B.C. at the time of Mahavira (599 - 527 B.C.) who gave a final shape to the doctrines of Jainism.”
**Early Jain Monastic Institutions and Their Historical Development in Ancient India**
T. SURYA PRAKASH · Journal of Indian History and Culture, 2014
“The historic records of the establishment of the ecclesiastical institution of Jainism, known as Mulasangha is attributed to Mahavira.”
The Jainist Soul of Henry David Thoreau
Rev. Noel Rettig Jain · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1981
“Basically it was reverence for life ; we see it in the pacifism and vegetarianism of the two men, in Thoreau’s praises of a single flower, in Mahavira’s declaration that even that single flower has a spark of Divinity, in both men’s contempt for the use of the gun or the trap, and in the general inoffensiveness of their manner.”
King Kunika Pays Homage to Mahavira
Kastur Chand Lalwani · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1989
“Uvavdiya is considered to be the first Upaiga. Herein are described in full the city of Campa, the sanctuary of Purnabhadra and the garden surrounding it, the Asoka tree therein, king Kunika, son of Bhambhasara, his queen Subhadraand Lord Mahavira, to name a few out of many.”
Jainism in Bihar
Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1969
“It is from the land of Bihar again that the fountain of Jainism spread its influence in Mahavira’s time to the different parts of India.”
Book Review
Kastur Chand Lalwani · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1980
Sacred Literature of the Jains
Understanding Jain Religion in a Historical Perspective
Satya Ranjan Banerjee · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 2004
“Jainism is a very old religion. There were 24 Tirthankars in Jainism. The first was known as Adinatha or Rsabhadeva and the 24th Tirthankara was Bhagavan Mahavira.”
Jaina Remains In The Government Museum, Madras.
The Jaina Gazette, 1927
“An image of Sri Mahavira sitting with a triple umbrella over its head and two chauri-bearers on both the sides. Height about 23 feet.”
Perspectives on Human Communication
Richard Kleifgen · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1980
“This is the key which Mahavira brought in his teaching of ahimsa, this is the starting point and the ultimate resolution in the path of the Jaina.”
Mūlasaṅgha: Earliest Ecclesiastical Institution
T. V. G. Sastri · Jinamanjari, 1998
“The historic records of the establishment of the ecclesiastical institution of Jainism, known as miilasangha is attributed to Mahavira.”
Jainism and Unification Thought
Self‑Immolation as an Expedient for Emancipation as Revealed in the Uvāsagadasāo
S. N. Ghosal · Sambodhi, 1978
General Characteristics of Jaina Art and Architecture
Usha Rani · Jinamanjari, 2002
Ajatasatru Kunika
Mrigavati
Puran Chand Samsookha · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1967
Jainism: A prominent living indigenous culture
Rajjan Kumar · Sambodhi, 2002
“The counterpart or the other tradition is known as Vedic culture. It is supposed that éramanica tradition has their own specialities and is inherited the same principles which were subsequentdy systematized and expounded by Tirthankaras such as Rsabha, Parva, Mahavira etc.”
Beginnings of Jaina Iconography
Umakant Premanand Shah · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1975
Lord Mahavira (A Great Witness To Ahimsa)
The Jaina Gazette, 1928
“HERE is a fourth great witness to the great truth, That is Mahavira whose name is held in great reverence by the Jains.”
Vajjabhumi
The Jaina Gazette, 1928
“Vajjabhumi or Vijaya-bhumi, which means the * country of conquest,’’ that is where Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara of the Jainas, made a " conquest of his passions’* and became a ** Jina " or conqueror”
A Select Comparison of Passages from Early Buddhist and Jain Texts
Kenji Watanabe · Jinamanjari, 1996
The Vajjis - The Clan of Mahavira
Hem Chandra Raychaudhuri · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1967
Wrong Account Of Jainism
The Jaina Gazette, 1925
Nihnavas (Doubts in Jaina Texts)
Basistha Narayan Sinha · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1970
Books Received
Speech II by Swami Prabhavanandaji Maharaj
Swami Prabhanandaji Mahāräj · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 2002
“These great values practised and preached by Mahavira can save mankind from the disaster that is looming large on the horizon of the twenty first century.”
Jainas as a Minority in Indian Society and History
Jagadish Prasad Sharma · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1976
Geometric Formulas in the Dhavala of Virasena (780 C.E.)
Takao Hayashi · Jinamanjari, 1996
Evolution of the Jaina Treatment of Ethical Problems
Krishna Kumar Dixit · Sambodhi, 1973
Kundakoliya, the Defender of the Faith (Chattham Ajjhayaņam, Uvāsagadasão)
Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1971
“Here we present the story of Kundakoliya who was praised by Mahavira for defending the faith.”
Mahāvīra of Satyapura in Historical Perspective
M. A. Dhaky · Sambodhi, 2020
“Satyapura (Pkt. and Apbh. Saccaiir/Saccur, currently Sacor or Saricor) in south-western Rajasthan was a town famous in medieval western India on account of its temple to Jina Mahavira and of pre-medieval founding.”
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Mahavira of Satyapura in Historical Perspective
M. A. Dhaky · Sambodhi, 2005
“Satyapura (Pkt. and Apbh. Saccaiir/Saccur, currently Sacor or Samhcor) in south-western Rajasthan was a town famous in medieval western India on account of its temple to Jina Mahavira and of pre-medieval founding, Sacor is situated to the southwest of Arbiida-parvata, Mt. Abu.”
MEDITATION AND HEALTH
S. M. Jain · Jnana Desana, 2010
Evolution of Jaina Sangha
Some Misconceptions Regarding Jainism
Champat Rai Jain · The Jaina Gazette, 1928
“It is a mistake to suppose that the Jainas are Hindu dissenters or that Jainism arose with Mahavira.”
Historical Development of Jaina Epistemology and Logic
The Bitter Fruit of levying Heavy Taxes (Miyāputta, Vivāga Suya)
Jain Monasticism
Swami Brahmeshananda · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 2002
Book Review: The Jaina Path of Purification
Some Reflections on Jainism in Ancient Bengal
Shyam Chand Mukherjee · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1994
“Jainism had its origin in eastern India, as Mahavira, the last Tirthankara, was born near VaiSali and resided in Magadha and Champa during his religious tours.”
Gautama Prccha — A Drama on An Ancient Thought and Dialogue
Paresh Chandra Dasgupta · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1980
“Some time about 2500 hundred years ago Indrabhuti Gautama, a very renowned Vedic scholar and priest expressed before Mahavira, the Nirgrantha Jina, his doubts about the existence of soul i.e. the @tman.”
Jaina Sculptures from Bhavanipur, Hatuyara and Golamara
Atul Chandra Bhowmick · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1984
Prakrta Jaina Literature and Its Philosophical Value
Anupam Jash · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 2009
“The last Jaina Tirthankara Lord Mahavira belonged to Magadha (Now, Bihar). When he got enlightenment, he preferred to deliver his preach or sermons in the language spoken among the common people, and he chooses the Ardhamagadhi language.”
The A, B, C Of Jainism
The Jaina Gazette, 1927
Jainism in the Uttara Pradesha
Jain Archaeology in Eastern India
Binod Kumar Tiwary · Jinamanjari, 2001
A Song of Devotion
The Jaina Gazette, 1914
Jainism in Rajasthan
Origin and Development of Jaina Sangha
J. C. Sikdar · Sambodhi, 1984
Jainism in Kerala
Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1969
“Kallil is the most important ancient site of Jainism in Kerala. Kallil contains a natural rock cave in which are set the figures of Mahavira, Parsvanatha and Padmavati.”
Evolution of Jaina Sangha
Dialogues that led to the Unification of Jaina Church – Section 1: Between Kesi and Gautama
Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1987
“Here we have a very interesting legend about the way in which the union of the old church of Parsva and the new church of Mahavira was brought about.”
A Further Note on the Svetambara and Digambara Sects of the Jains
Jainism in Ancient Bengal
Paresh Chandra Dasgupta · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1983
Jaina Architecture and Iconography in Andhra
N.S. Ramachandra Murthy, Somadeva · Jinamanjari, 2000
Hymn to Mahavira
Jina Ballabha Suri · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1967
“Sri Jina Ballabha Suri who is the celebrated author of Sri Mahavira Stotram was born in v.s. 1125 and died in 1167 (approx. 1068-1110 A.D.). He is a great name among the Jaina monks.”
Jainism in Manbhum
P. C. Roy Choudhury · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1984
“The message of Jainism was carried by Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara, born on the soil of Bihar through Radhadesa to Utkala, modern Orissa.”
Sacred Literature of the Jains
Jain Logic: A Discussion by Correspondence
Alexander Gordon · The Jaina Gazette, 1914
Contemporary Heretical Creeds : ( Mahavira's Classification )
Amulya Chandra Sen · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1967
“The heretical creeds of the time were all comprehended by Mahavira under four heads?, viz. 1. Kriyavada 2. Akriyavada 3. Ajnanavada 4. Vinayavada”
The Ascetic Life of Mahavira (Ohānasāyam, Ayārānga Sutta)
Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1971
“The Ohanasayam (1. 8), reproduced below, depicts in a very graphic manner the ascetic life of the ‘Great Hero’ Mahavira.”
Books on Jainalogy
Yogendra Mishra, Hermann Jacobi, Otto Stein, Thillaisthanam Natarajan Ramachandran, P. C. Roy Choudhury, Hemacandracarya · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1966
Main Features of Mahavira’s Contributions
Suzuko Ohira · Sambodhi, 1980
“It is now accepted that Mahavira (MV) reformed Par§va’s doctrine and founded a new sect of the Jainas.”
Jainism in Bengal
Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1969
“Ayaratga Stutta, one of the earliest sources of Jaina tradition holds that Mahavira travelled widely in the pathless countries of the Ladhas (Radha, West Bengal) through Vajjabhumi and Subbhabhumi, before he attained the kevala-knowledge.”
Some Unpublished Jaina Sculptures of Ganesa from the Western India
Dineshchandra Sircar · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1975
Jaina Antiquities in Rajgir
Candana
Puran Chand Samsookha · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1969
“On that day Lord Mahavira passes through that very street in search of alms. Candana sees him from her road-side cell and is beside herself with joy.”
Mahavira’s Theory of Samatva Yoga — a Psycho-Analytical Approach
Dineshchandra Sircar · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1975
“In a Jaina text known as Vyak/ya-prajrapti Sutra there is a dialogue between Lord Mahavira and Gautama. Gautama asked Mahavira about the nature of the soul, and Mahavira answered: ayae samaiye: the nature of the soul is Samatva.”
Evolution of Jaina Sangha
The Original Traits of Jainism
Hermann Jacobi · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1967