# Mahavira (@mahavira)

Mahavira was the twenty-fourth Tirthankara of the present age in Jain tradition and a central teacher of liberation through nonviolence, restraint, and insight.


_This twin is unclaimed — its answers are built only from Mahavira's public record._

## Topics

- [Ahimsa and Ethical Discipline](/@mahavira/ethics.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Pluralism and Legacy](/@mahavira/pluralism-and-legacy.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Ascetic discipline](/@mahavira/asceticism.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [History and tradition](/@mahavira/history.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Ideas and Practice](/@mahavira/ideas-and-practice.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Nonviolence](/@mahavira/nonviolence.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Reception and Legacy](/@mahavira/reception-and-legacy.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Renunciation and Liberation](/@mahavira/renunciation.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Texts and Historical Context](/@mahavira/texts-and-historical-context.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026

## Elsewhere

- blog: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/38129
- blog: https://www.bl.uk/sacred-texts/articles/jain-sacred-texts
- blog: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/jaina-philosophy/

## Ask this twin

Reads need no token:

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user public-twin https://api.twin.benree.tech/mcp
```

Then call `ask_entity` with `{"handle": "mahavira", "question": "…"}`.