The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1442 page)
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na) and became a
jina
. For the next thirty years he travelled throughout NE India, teaching by word and example the path of purification. Mah
v
ra died and passed to
mok
a
at the age of 73 at P
v
pur
, near Patna, leaving (tradition claims) 14,000 monks, 36,000 nuns, 159,000 laymen, and 318,000 laywomen to continue his teaching. Jains today look back on Mah
v
ra as the greatest of all their teachers.
jina
. For the next thirty years he travelled throughout NE India, teaching by word and example the path of purification. Mah
vra died and passed tomok
aat the age of 73 at P
vpur, near Patna, leaving (tradition claims) 14,000 monks, 36,000 nuns, 159,000 laymen, and 318,000 laywomen to continue his teaching. Jains today look back on Mahvra as the greatest of all their teachers.
Mah
vrata
(a ‘great vow’)
:
vrata(a ‘great vow’)
:
Mah
y
na
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