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Mahavira
महावीरः sa भगवान महावीर hi மகாவீரர் ta
Indian religious leader
- Child of Siddhartha and Trishala
- Dated c. 599 BCE – c. 527 BCE
Overview
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Roles and affiliation
Holding an office is not parentage and not discipleship.
Belonged to
Offices held 1
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Teachers and students
Teaching passed from one person to another, in the direction of the arrows — not ancestry, and not succession.
Mahavira Indian religious leader 
What the records tie them to
Founded, supported, associated with — as third parties recorded it.
Connections
Affiliation 1
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