The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1442 page)

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.

 
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Mah
vrata
(a ‘great vow’)
:

see
YAMA (2)
; for Jains, see
FIVE GREAT VOWS
.

 
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