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Q: What was the name given to the leading founder of jainism?
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Who is the founder of janism?

The religion derives its name from the jinas ("conquerors"), a title given to twenty-four great teachers (tirthankaras or "ford-makers"), through whom their faith was revealed.Mahavira, the last of the tirthankaras, is considered the founder of Jainism.


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The oldest surviving records of Jainism are from the 9th Century BC and name Parshvanath to be the 23rd Tirthkankara (teacher) of Jainism so the religion was around a long time before that. The founder of this religion was Mahavira who borned in 599 B.C. - 627 B.C. in India.


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Jainism is a religion founded in India from about 367 BC by Rishabha. Jainism has around five million adherents world-wide. It does not believe in a creator nor a destroyer deity. Jainism is a faith based on [extreme] non violence called Ahimsa toward any living being, including the smallest of bugs and organisms. Jainists also believe in truth, honesty, poverty, and chastity, which are necessary to achieve enlightenment.. They believe too, that the universe has always been and will ever continue.