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Class 6 History
New Questions And Ideas
Quiz 3
Jainism was divided into _______ sects.
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Jainism was divided into two sects: Shvetambaras or those who put on white dress, and Digambaras or those who keep themselves naked.
Who was the ruler of 'Vatsa' during the time of Buddha.
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Bodhi
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Udayana
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Satanika
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Nichakshu
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Ruler of Vatsa was Udayana at time of Buddha.
So the correct answer is Udayana.
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Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion
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Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion
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Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect
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Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect
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Initially, like the Buddhists, the Jainas were not image worshipers. Later they began to worship Mahavira and also the twenty-three tirthankaras. Beautiful and sometimes massive images in stone were sculpted for this purpose, especially, in Karnataka, Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Madhya Pradesh. Here both the assertion and the reason are correct but the reason is not the correct explanation for assertion. So the correct option is B.
Which of the following are the parts of pitaka?
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Sutta Pitaka
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Vinay Pitaka
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Abhidhamma Pitaka
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All of above
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The word pitaka means a basket or collection. It consists of three categories:-
1- Sutta Pitaka- It includes the texts of Gautama Buddhas teaching or sermons.
2- Vinay Pitara- The Vinay Pitara gives the rules of behavious which bhikkhus and bhikkunis in the Bauddha Sangha should follow in their day-to-day lives.
3- Abhidhamma Pitara- In this Buddist doctrine has been explined.
The Buddha attained nirvana at ______.
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Bodh Gaya
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Sarnath
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Sanchi
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Kushinagar
Explanation
Lord Buddha was born at Lumbini near Kapilavastu. His childhood name was Siddhartha. After a long meditation, He got the true knowledge under a peepal tree at Bodh Gaya. After that, he became Buddha means "Enlightened One". He delivered his first sermon at Sarnath near Varanasi and got nirvana at Kushinagar in eastern UP.
The mother of Vardhamana Mahavira was a _____.
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Licchavi Princess
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Maurya Princess
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Saka Princess
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Not a member of the royal family
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Vardhman Mahavira was born in a royal family to king Siddhartha of Ikshvaku dynasty and queen Trishala, a Licchavi Princess.
Which of the following was/were impact/s of Jainism?
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Growth of language and literature
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Principle of non-violence
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Growth of trading community
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All of the above
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Jainism, just like Buddhism, focused a lot on Ahimsa. Even tiny organisms were considered to have the conscience and were not to be hurt.
Jainism appealed a lot to the trading community, who were Vaishyas, and were not happy with Brahmana supremacy and wanted to climb up the social ladder.
Moreover, Jainism also led to
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of language and literature. Earliest Jaina works were in an eastern dialect of Prakrit called Ardhamagadhi. Besides, Prakrit and its other dialects, Sanskrit and other vernacular languages were widely used for both canonical and non-canonical literature.
________ made the first serious attempt to mitigate the evils of the varna order and the ritualistic Vedic religion.
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Buddhism
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Jainism
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Sikhism
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Islam
Explanation
Mahavira, the 24th and the last Tirthankara of Jainism, opposed all forms of religious rituals and sacrifices. He was also against the Varna system. In his opinion, through pure and meritorious life members of the lower castes can attain Moksha. Jainism was, in general, against dividing people on the basis of caste or Varna.
The early Jainas discarded Sanskrit Language and adopted _________ language to preach their doctrines.
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Hindi
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Prakrit
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Marathi
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Gujarati
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Jainism grew during the second urbanization phase when the trade was increasing and Vaishyas were also rising both economically and socially and wanted to challenge Brahmana supremacy.
Early Jainas thus discarded Sanskrit which was the language of the elite and used Ardhamagadhi (an eastern dialect of Prakrit) and Prakrit to reach out to the common masses.
______ was the mother of Vardhamana Mahavira.
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Yasodhara
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Kundhavi
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Trisala
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Mayadevi
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Mahavira was born in a royal family to king Siddhartha and queen Trishala in the Ikshvaku dynasty.
Of the five vows (Panch Anuvratas) of Jainism, four existed before Mahavira. The one which he added was _____.
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not to kill (non-injury)
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not to steal
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non-attachment to worldly things
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celibacy
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Five vows of Jainism: 1. Non–Violence, 2. Not to Steal, 3. Not to Accumulate, 4. Not to tell A lie, 5. Celibacy.
Only 5
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doctrine was added by Mahavira, the other 4 were taken over by him from
previous teachers.
Gautam Buddha as a prince was known as ____.
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Gautam
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Siddhartha
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Rahul
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Suddhodhana
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Gautama Buddha founded the Buddhist philosophy. He was born in 563 BC at Lumbini, a village near Kapilvastu in the foothills of Nepal. His childhood name was Siddhartha.
The 'Three Jewels' (Triratnas) of Jainism are _____.
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right faith or intentions, right knowledge and right conduct
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right action, right livelihood and right effort
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right thoughts, non-violence and non-attachment
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right speech, right thinking and right behaviour
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The path that Mahavira advocated was one of the strict asceticism, renunciation and moral cultivation. He instructed his followers to implement three jewels: 1. Right faith, 2. Right knowledge, 3. Right conduct.
Vardhamana Mahavira the $$24^{th}$$ Tirthankar of Jainism was born at ______ and died at ______.
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Vaishali and Rajagriha
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Kusinagara and Pavapuri
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Kundagrama and Pavapuri
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Kashi and Champa
Explanation
Vardhamana Mahavira was born in 540 B.C. at
Kundagram (now Basokund) near Vaisali in Bihar.
At the age of 72 in 468 BC, he attained Nirvana at Pavapuri (Nalanda).
The founder of Jainism was ____.
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Rishabhadev
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Neminath
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Parsvanatha
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Vardhaman Mahavira
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Rishabhadeva was the propounder of the Jainism. He was the first Tirthankara of Jains.
Vardhamana Mahavira was born at _______.
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Bodh-Gaya
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Kundagrama
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Sarnath
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Banaras
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Vardhmana Mahavira was one of the propagators of Jainism. He was born in a place called Kundagrama near the ancient city of Vaishali located in present day Bihar.
Buddha has been described as 'an ocean of wisdom and compassion' in ____.
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The Light of Asia
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Amarakosa
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Buddhacharita
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Jatak Tales
In Jainism the aim of life is to attain Nirvana or Moksha for which one has to ____.
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follow three jewels and five vows
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practice, non-violence and non-injury to all living beings
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renounce the world and attain right knowledge
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believe in the Jains and absolute non-violence
Explanation
Vardhamana Mahavira was the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism. The Jains believe that the basic aim of life is to attain salvation (Salvation means freedom from the cycle of birth and death). According to Jain religion, Salvation can be achieved by following three jewels and five vows.
Three jewels of Jainism are:
(1) Right Faith
(2) Right Knowledge
(3) Right Conduct
Five Vows of Jainism are:
(1) Not to injure life (Ahimsa)
(2) Not to steal (Asteya)
(3) Not to tell lies (Stya)
(4) Not to own property (Aparigraha)
(5) Observe Celibacy (Brahmacharya)
The name Buddha means _____.
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enlightened
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learned
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divine
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sacred
Explanation
Gautam Buddha was born at Lumbini near Kapilavastu. He was the son of Shakya king Suddhodhana and his wife Maha Maya. After a long meditation under a peepal tree, he attained nirvana. This peepal tree was called Bodhi tree by Buddhist which means " tree of wisdom" After getting true knowledge Prince Siddhartha was known as Buddha which means "Enlightened One". The place where Buddha experienced a spiritual awakening, the Mahabodhi temple was built.
The Buddhist Doctrines were written in ____.
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Sanskrit
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Pali
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Tibetan
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Not written in any language but orally transmitted
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After attaining enlightenment Buddha gave his first sermon at Sarnath near Varanasi. He gave his teachings to people in their own language. During that time Pali was the language that was used by the common man. So, later on, the doctrine of Buddhism was written in Pali language but with the rise of Mahayana sects, this religion started to use the Sanskrit language to educate the people.
The Phrase the 'Light of Asia' is applied to _____.
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Alexander
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Chandragupta Maurya
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Mahavira
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The Buddha
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Gautam Buddha is known as the 'Light of Asia' and the 'Enlightened One'. Gautam Buddha preached the importance of physical and mental conditions of human life. His teachings emphasized on pragmatism and love. Edwin Arnold wrote a poem "Light of Asia" which describes the character of Prince Siddhartha and later Buddha.
The Eight-fold path was enunciated by ______.
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Gautama Buddha
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Mahavira
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Jawaharlal Nehru
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Mahatma Gandhi
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The Eight-fold path was given by Lord Buddha. According to Lord Buddha desires are the root cause of all misery and sorrows of the world and one can come out from this situation by following the Eight-fold path which consists of
(1) Right Belief
(2) Right Thought
(3) Right Action
(4) Right Speech
(5) Right Living
(6) Right Effort
(7) Right Meditation
(8) Right Mindfulness
The concept of Anuvrata was advocated by _____.
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Mahayana Buddhism
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Jainism
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Lokayata School
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Hinayana Buddhism
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Anuvratas are the "little vows" in Jain religion which are to be followed by the followers of this religion. Along with this, there are "Mahavrats " which are to be followed by the saints of this religion. There are five anuvratas which are :
(1) Ahimsa (to abstain from violence)
(2) Satya (to abstain from falsehood)
(3) Astya (to abstain from stealing)
(4) Brahamcharya ( to be content with one's own wife)
(5) Aparigraha (to limit one's possessions)
The concept of Eight-Cold Path forms the theme of ______.
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Dipavamsa
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Divyavadana
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Mahaparinibbana Sutta
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Dharmachakrapravartana Sutta
Which of the following are beliefs of Buddhism?
(i) The world is full of sorrows.
(ii) People suffer on account of desire.
(iii) If desires are conquered, nirvana will be attained.
(iv) The existence of God and the soul must be recognized.
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(i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
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(ii) and (iii)
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(i), (ii) and (iii)
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(ii), (iii) and (iv)
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These beliefs except (iv) are a part of four noble truth of Buddhism. Gautam Buddha was silent about the existence of God.
Mahavira was ______.
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the 20th Tirthankara
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the 21st Tirthankara
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the 23rd Tirthankara
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the 24th Tirthankara
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Vardhamana Mahavira was born at Kundalavana near Vaishali. After attaining "Kaivalya", he was called "Jina" and his followers were known as Jains. The religious leaders of Jainism are known as Tirthankara. Mahavira was considered as 24th Tirthankara of Jainism. Rishabhdev was the first Tirthankara of Jainism.
Gautama Buddha _______.
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rejected the theory of Karma
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believed in the theory of Karma
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suggested an alternative to the theory of Karma
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Gautam Buddha taught his followers about four noble truths and eight-fold path. He believed in the theory of Karma. According to him, everyone has to reap the fruits of his good and bad deeds.
He had no faith in rituals.
He was against the caste system.
He gave stress on Ahimsa or non-injury by thought, word or action.
He also laid down a moral code of do's and don't for his disciples.
Match the events of the Buddha's life with the place of their occurrence:
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List-2
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Birth
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Kushinagar
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Attainment of knowledge
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Sarnath
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First Sermon
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Bodh-Gaya
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Death
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Lumbini
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A-i, B-ii, C-iii, D-iv
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A-ii, B-i, C-iv, D-iii
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A-iii, B-ii, C-i, D-iv
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Gautam Buddha was the founder of Buddhism. He led a reform movement in the Hindu religion and society in the 6th century B.C. He was born at Lumbini near Kapilvastu. His childhood name was Siddharth. Though he was a prince but didn't have peace in mind. One day while taking a round of city he realized that the world is full of misery and sorrow so he decided to renounce the world and at the age of 29 years he left his palace and this event of his life was known as Great Renounce.
After that, he meditates under a peepal tree at Bodh Gaya and got enlightenment and then he becomes "Buddha". After that, he gave his first sermon on full moon day at Sarnath to his five monks. He preached in common man's language. He died at Kushinagara in eastern Uttar Pradesh. His death is known as "Nirvana".
Name the ruler whose patronage had been enjoyed by Jainism.
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Kanishka
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Kharavela
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Pushyamitra Sunga
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Samudragupta
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From the beginning of his rule, Kharvela became a patron of Jainism and did whatever he could do to promote Jainism. As he was a follower of Jainism by birth, he maintained the glory of Jainism during his conquest also. His Hathigumpha description described his devotion towards Jainism. This inscription also contained several sacred symbols of Jainism.
Where was Mahavira born?
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Sravasti
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Vaishali
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Rajagriha
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Pataliputra
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Vardhamana Mahavira was born at Kundagrama near Vaishali in Bihar. His father, Siddharth was the head of "Jantrika clan" of Kshatriyas. His mother, Trishala belonged to Lichchhavi tribe. After getting true knowledge, he came to be known as the master of "Kevalajana". He was 24th Tirthankara of Jain religion. He died at Pawapuri in Bihar.
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