Nandivardhana of Kundagrama
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Gaṇa Mukhya of the Nāya Republic | |
| Predecessor | Siddhartha |
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| Dynasty | Ikshvaku dynasty |
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Nandivardhana was a Kshatriya from the Ikshvaku dynasty and the chief of the Nāya Republic in Kundagrama, a suburb of Vaishali (Basarh in modern-day Bihar).[1][2] He was the elder brother of Mahavira, the 24th Jain Tirthankara. His father was Siddhartha.[3].According to the second chapter of the Śvētāmbara Ācārāṅga Sūtra, Siddhartha and his family were devotees of Parshvanatha.[4][5]
References
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- ^ Sunavala, A. J. (2 January 2014). Adarsha Sadhu. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-62386-6.
- ^ Chandanaji, Acharya. Walk With Me - The Story of Mahavir: A Remarkable Revolutionary: Acharya Chandanaji, Vastupal Parikh, PhD.: 9780968986370: Books: Amazon.com. Toronto.
- ^ Kailash Chand Jain 1991, p. 32.
- ^ Dundas 2002, p. 30.