Nandivardhana
PredecessorSiddhartha
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Nandivardhana was a Kshatriya King from the Ikshvaku dynasty and the ruler of the Nata, Ainwar(Light), Gyat or Jnatri clan in Kshatriya Kundagrama, a suburb of Vaishali (Basarh in modern-day Bihar).[1][2] He was the elder brother of Mahavira, the 24th Jain Tirthankara. His father was Siddhartha.[3]

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  1. 1 2 Mahāprajña, Acharya (1974). Shraman Mahavira (PDF). Ladnun: Jain Vishwa Bharati Prakashan. pp. 7, 8.
  2. ↑ Sunavala, A. J. (2014-01-02). Adarsha Sadhu. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-62386-6.
  3. ↑ Chandanaji, Acharya. Walk With Me - The Story of Mahavir: A Remarkable Revolutionary: Acharya Chandanaji, Vastupal Parikh, PhD.: 9780968986370: Books: Amazon.com. Toronto.
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