Vardhamana

[ vahr-duh-mah-nuh ]

noun

, Jainism.

1. a semilegendary teacher, believed to have died c480 b.c., who reformed older doctrines to establish Jainism in its present form: regarded as the twenty-fourth and latest Tirthankara.

Vardhamana

/ ˌvɑːdəˈmɑːnə /

noun

1. See Mahavira

Example Sentences

To this effect are the words of the great doctor Vardhamána— "In secular utterances men may proceed as they will, "But in Vaidic paths let minute accuracy of speech be employed.

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And issuing through Vardhamana gate of the city, the Pandavas bearing their weapons and accompanied by Draupadi set out in a northernly direction.

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Venkateśvara argues that Vardhamâna died about 437 B.C. and that the Nigaṇṭhas of the Pitakas were followers of Parśva.

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Mahâvîra, or the great hero, is the common designation of the twenty-fourth Jina but his personal name was Vardhamâna.

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In the present period the first Tîrtha@nkara was @R@sabha and the last, the 24th, was Vardhamâna Mahâvîra.

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