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Traditional Jain accounts place his birth in 599 BCE and his death in either 527 BCE or 510 BCE depending on the sect. The Digambara tradition asserts he died in 510 BCE while the Svetambaras claim 527 BCE.
The exact location of his birthplace Kundagrama remains disputed though it lies within present-day Bihar. His final days were spent in Pavapuri where he achieved nirvana and liberation from the cycle of rebirth.
Mahavira taught five ethical vows known as vratas which included ahimsa non-violence satya truth asteya non-stealing brahmacharya chastity and aparigraha non-attachment. Ahimsa was considered the supreme moral virtue and applied to all living beings including animals plants and even elements like fire and wind.
The Digambara sect believes women cannot achieve spiritual liberation because they must wear clothes whereas the Svetambaras allow female mendicants to wear white robes. This disagreement stems from Mahavira's own practice of renouncing all clothing as a sign of total detachment.
Earliest visual representations of Mahavira appear at archaeological sites in Mathura dating between 1st century BCE and 2nd century CE. Some ancient statues discovered in Tamil Nadu caves date back to the ninth century while temples like the one in Osian built in the eighth century remain among the oldest surviving examples of Jain architecture dedicated to him.