Vardhamana
[ vahr-duh-mah-nuh ]
/ ˌvɑr dəˈmɑ nə /
noun 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
Vardhamana Mahavira,
Mahavira.