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Mahavir Jayanti 2023: Here are some amazing facts about Lord Mahavir
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Some believe that Lord Mahavira was also known by Tirthankara before birth.
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Lord Mahavira is also known as Vardhamana. It is said to be called by five different names. When he was 30 years old, he left his kingdom and family.
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Lord Mahavira is said to have meditated for about twelve years.
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He has given five theories to live a stress-free life.
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He is the last Tirthankara of Avasalpini which represents the present time cycle.
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According to the Karpa Sutra, Mahavira lived in Astikagrama, Champapuri, Purusti Champa, Vaishali, Vanijagrama, Nalanda, Mithila, Badrika, Arabica, Panitabhumi, Shravasti and Pawapuri for the first 42 monsoons of his life.
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After attaining his omniscience, according to Śvētāmbara he spent his thirty years travelling through India and lecturing on its philosophy and continued preaching.
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He organised his followers into a four-fold order namely, monks (sadhus), nuns (sadvi), laity (shravak) and laity (shravika).
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Mahavira had 159,000 male followers and 318,000 female followers according to the scriptures. In addition, there were 14,000 male and 36,000 female ascetics.