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  • From this time he was known as Mahavira, the great hero, the same name which in its familiar form of Mahabir is applied to the god Hanuman.

    The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894

  • The Jains, led in Gotama’s lifetime by Vardhamana Jnatiputra, known as Mahavira (the Great Hero), believed that bad kamma covered the soul with a fine dust, which weighed it down.

    Buddha Armstrong, Karen, 1944- 2001

  • Other Indians were devotees of a teacher named Siddhartha Gautama, who had lived near the Himalayas at about the same time as Mahavira.

    Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

  • The latest had been Mahavira, a former warrior who lived along the Ganges two centuries before Alexander.

    Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

  • The latest had been Mahavira, a former warrior who lived along the Ganges two centuries before Alexander.

    Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

  • Other Indians were devotees of a teacher named Siddhartha Gautama, who had lived near the Himalayas at about the same time as Mahavira.

    Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

  • The latest had been Mahavira, a former warrior who lived along the Ganges two centuries before Alexander.

    Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

  • I saw that the first result was Mahavira so I had high hopes but the rest were in no articular useful order, except popularity it would seem.

    Google Squared Goes Live, Formats Searches Into Spreadsheet | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • Other Indians were devotees of a teacher named Siddhartha Gautama, who had lived near the Himalayas at about the same time as Mahavira.

    Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

  • Many battles and birth of Jesus Christ and also, Mahavira.

    Man and Media: The Chronology 2009

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