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ID: 901002439
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Record Type: Character/Person

Bahubali (Jain figure)

Note: Son of the 1st. Tirthankara, and brother of the emperor Bharata; said to have lived millions of years ago. Believed by Jains to have realized the transience of temporal affairs and renounced the world. According to legend, he then stood immobile, with feet straight ahead and arms at his side, meditating for an entire year in the Yogic position of kayotsarga, even as plants grew upon him.

Names:
Bahubali (Jain figure) (preferred,English-P,D)
Gommateshvara (Jain figure) (English)
Kammateswara (Jain figure) (English)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Jain iconography> (P)
........<Jain characters> (P)
............Bahubali (Jain figure) (P)
Other Relationships:
.... deity
.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Bahubali (Jain figure)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................Huntington, Art of Ancient India (1985)
Gommateshvara (Jain figure)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Kammateswara (Jain figure)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

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