Nandivardhana of Kundagrama
6th-century BC Kshatriya King from the Ikshvaku dynasty
- Siddhartha (father)
- Trishala (mother)
- Vardhamana
- Sudarśanā [1]
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Nandivardhana was a Kshatriya from the Ikshvaku dynasty and the chief of the Nāya Republic in 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]
References
- ^ a b Mahāprajña, Acharya (1974). Shraman Mahavira (PDF). Ladnun: Jain Vishwa Bharati Prakashan. pp. 7, 8.
- ^ Sunavala, A. J. (2 January 2014). Adarsha Sadhu. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-62386-6.
- ^ Chandanaji, Acharya. Walk With Me - The Story of Mahavir: A Remarkable Revolutionary: Acharya Chandanaji, Vastupal Parikh, PhD.: 9780968986370: Books: Amazon.com. Toronto.