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About 250 years after the death of Parsva en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parshvanatha flourished Vardhanamana www.worldhistory.org/Vardhamana . He was born in Kundagrama, a suburb of Vaisali, about the year 540 B.C. his father Siddhartha was a rich Kshatriya belongint to the Jnatrik clan, and his mother Trisala was a sister of Chetaka, an eminent Lichchhavi noble of Vaisali. He married and had a dughter who was married to Jamali. On the death of his parents, Vardhamana left his home, and became an ascetic at the age of thirty. During the next twelve years he wandered about as a naked monk, practising the most rigorous asceticism. At the age of 42, he attained supreme knowledge and final deliverance from the bounds of pleasure and pain. Henceforth he was styled Mahavira or the great hero, and Jina o the conqueror. From this latter term his sect came to be known as the Jainas, -- it being originally designatd as the “Nirgranthas,” i.e., free from fetters. Mahavira spent the remaining thirty years of his life as a religious preacher, and died at Pawa at the age of 72 (c 468 BC) ~ Page 168

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahubali Opposite the statue is a Maanstambh or a pillar with a Yaksha image sitting in a canopy on its top. The Yaksha and the main statue face each other. Yaksha, also spelled yaksa, Sanskrit masculine singular yakṣa, Sanskrit feminine singular yakṣī or yakṣinī, in the mythology of India, a class of generally benevolent but sometimes mischievous, capricious, sexually rapacious, or even murderous nature spirits who are the custodians of treasures that are hidden in the earth and in the roots of trees. They are powerful magicians and shape-shifters. Principal among the yakshas is Kubera, who rules in the mythical Himalayan kingdom called Alaka. {Karkala Gomateshwara statue was built in 1432 CE by King Vir Pandya of Kalasa-Karkala dynasty. This was a period when Jainism was at its peak in South Canara region of Karnataka.} HFF YE ALL, HAVE A GREAT WEEK END

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