Mahavir Swami was 24th Tirthankar in Jainism, So Let's gather some knowledge about Jainism and Mahavir Swami. Jainism is one of the oldest religions practiced in India, As per the Jain traditional accounts, Rishabhnath was the founder and first Tirthankar of Jainism. He is also known as 'Adinath', which translates into 'First Lord'. Including Adinath there have been twenty-four Tirthankars and Mahavir Swami was twenty-fourth among them. Let's Learn the life of Mahavir Swami. Birth and Early Life Mahavir Swami was born as a prince of royal Kshatriya Family of King Sidharth and Queen Trishala. Maharaja Sidharth believed that after the birth of Son wealth of the state has been increased so he named his son 'Vardhman'. So the early name of Bhagwan Mahavir was Vardhman. Vardhman was born as an ordinary child but what he achieved was only due to his integrity, meditation, and hard work. Renunciation After the death of King Sidharth Vardhman f