1. The founder of Jainism, Vardhamana Mahavira was born at Vaisali located in Bihar.
2. His father's name was King Siddhartha and mother was Queen Trishala.
3. Thirthankara is a saviour who has succeeded in crossing over life’s stream of rebirths and has made a path for others to follow, in short, a path maker. Jainism had 24 thirthankaras.
4. The first thirthankara was named Rishab who is also regarded as the real founder of Jainism.
5. Mahavira was the 24th Thirthankara, while Parshava was the 23rd thirthankara.
6. Jain comes from the word ‘Jina’ which means 'the conqueror'.
7.Mahavira gave his 1st sermon called Divya Dhwani at Mt Vipul inRajgriha.
8. Chandragupta Maurya embraced Jainism before his death.
9.Shwetamber and Digamber are the two main sects of Jainism. The followers of Shwetamber sect wear white clothes (Shwet for white and amber for clothes) while the followers of Digamber sect do not wear any clothes (Digfor sky and amber for clothes).
10. Parshvanantha preached the Jain ideas of Satya, Ahimsa, Asteya and Aparigraha.
While Mahavira introduced Brahmacharya
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