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Jnatiputra (Skt. Jñātiputra; Tib. ཉེ་དུའི་བུ།, Wyl. nye du’i bu) was a leader of the Jain community, often identified as Mahavira, the twenty-fourth teacher of the Jain tradition. He appears frequently in Buddhist literature as an antagonist to Shakyamuni Buddha and his followers, revealing a simmering rivalry between the Buddhist and Jain communities.[1]
References
- ↑ 84000 Translating the Words of the Buddha.