Question

At which place Mahavira got Kaivalya?
A) Vaishali
B) Kushinagar
C) Jimbhikagrama
D) Rajgir

Answer 1

Hint: Mahavira performed strong meditation and unadorned severities for 12 and a half years, after which he achieved Kevala Jnana (awareness). He expounded for 30 years and achieved Moksha (redemption) in the 6th century BC, though the year differs by sect.

Complete Answer:
Mahavira, also recognized as Vardhamana or Kevala, was the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism. He was the spiritual descendant of 23rd Tirthankara Parshvanatha. Mahavira was born in the initial part of the 6th century BC into a royal Kshatriya Jain family in Bihar, India. They were amateur followers of Parshvanatha.

Mahavira discarded all worldly belongings at the age of approximately 30 and left home in search of spiritual emergent, becoming abstinent. Rendering to conventional reports, Mahavira attained Kaivalya (knowledge, or immeasurable information) under a Sāla tree on the bank of the River Rijubalika near Jrimbhikagrama at age 43 after 12 years of severe atonement. The particulars of the occasion are depicted in the Jain Uttar-purāņa and Harivamśa-purāņa manuscripts. The Charanga Sutra defines Mahavira as all-seeing.

The Sutrakritanga develops it to all-knowing and defines his additional abilities. Jains have faith that Mahavira had a most propitious body and was free from 18 inadequacies when he achieved wisdom. Rendering to the Śvētāmbara, he voyaged all over India to impart his beliefs for 30 years after achieving wisdom. Nevertheless, Digambara accepted as true that he persisted in his Samavasarana and conveyed readings to his supporters.

Thus, option (C) is correct.

Note:
Mahavira is frequently called the originator of Jainism, but Jains accept it as true that the 23 preceding Tirthankaras also advocated it. Though Mahavira is occasionally cited in Parshvanatha's ancestry, this is opposed by manuscripts affirming that Mahavira relinquished the world alone.