mahavira (last of the 24 saints who founded jainism and the reformer of the jaina monastic community)
1Mahavira — /meuh hah vear euh/, n. Vardhamana. * * * orig. Vardhamana born traditionally с 599, Kshatriyakundagrama, India died traditionally 527 BCE, Pavapuri Indian reformer of the Jain monastic community, last of the 24 Tirthankaras, or saints, who… …
2South Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Myths of the popular gods, Vishnu and Shiva, in the Puranas (ancient tales) and the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics, supply material for representational and… …
