As legend goes in the Mahavir Purana, Mahavir was born a Tirthankara for the good of the world and the attainment of Nirvana. As believed by the sect of Svetambara Jains, Mahavira was conceived in the ...

Nalanda Mahavira may exist today only as ruins of old temples and monasteries, its legacy has an intellectual history that endures beyond its material existence. It may have ceased to exist in the ...