Mahavira (disambiguation)

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Mahavira may refer to:

  • Mahavira (599–527 BCE), 24th and last Jain Tirthankara (enlightened reformer) in the current avsarpini (cosmological cycle of Jainism); a contemporary of the Buddha and considered to be the historical founder of Jainism
  • Another name for Hanuman, Hindu god, devotee of Rama in the Indian epic Ramayana
  • Mahāvīra (mathematician), 9th-century Indian Jain mathematician
  • Mahaveera (film), 1988 Indian film

See also