Mahāvīra
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Mahāvīra (T. dpa' bo chen po; C. Daxiong 大雄). Literally, “Great Victor”; the title of Nirgrantha-Jñātīputra, a leader of the Jainas.[1]
- Mahāvira seems to have been an elder contemporary of the Buddha. [...] He is one of the so-called six sectarian teachers criticized by the Buddha for their wrong views in such texts as the Sāmaññaphalasutta.[1]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Buswell & Lopez 2014, s.v. Mahāvīra.
Sources
Buswell, Robert E.; Lopez, Donald S. (2014), The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, Princeton University
Further reading
Mahavira, Wikipedia
dpa' bo chen po, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
