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Mahavira-The great Hero
Ву A. J. Sunavala,
B. A., LL. B., It is now admitted by all that Vardhamana or Nirgrantha Jnātaputra, best known as Vira or Mabāvira, regarded by the Jainas as the twentyfourth and last Tirthankara was a historical personage and a contemporary of Sbākya Moni, the Buddha. He was born in the year 599 B. C., or towards the end of the Dusamā Susamā period, the fourth Ara, as the Jainas reckon time, on the thirteenth day of the bright half of Chaitra, He is said to have perfected his vow Kalpa after Kalpa. Mapy a hundred incarnations preceded that final incardation in which the highest knowledge and intuition, called Kevala-Jnāna, was attained. Step by step he climbed up the long ladder of existence; life after life of self-abnegation and devotion led him from earthly
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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