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Var•dha•ma•na
Pronunciation: (vär"du-mä'nu), [key]—
n. Jainism.
a semilegendary teacher, believed to have died c480 b.c.,who reformed older doctrines to establish Jainism in its present form: regarded as the twenty-fourth and latest Tirthankara. Also called
Vardhama'na Mahavi'ra, Mahavira. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.