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- Mahavira was the 24th tirthankara (supreme preacher) of Jainism.
- He was born in the early part of the 6th century BCE into a royal Kshatriya Jain family in ancient India.
- He renounced his princely life at the age of 30 and spent the next 30 years as an ascetic, meditating and teaching.
- He attained moksha (liberation) at the age of 72.
- His teachings are based on the principles of ahimsa (non-violence), non-attachment, and asceticism.
- He is considered one of the most important figures in Jainism.