Nandivardhana of Kundagrama

6th-century BC Kshatriya King from the Ikshvaku dynasty

Nandivardhana
Gaṇa Mukhya of the Nāya Republic
Predecessor	Siddhartha
Genealogy
Parents	Siddhartha (father) Trishala (mother)
Siblings	Vardhamana Sudarśanā
Dynasty	Ikshvaku dynasty

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Nandivardhana was a Kshatriya from the Ikshvaku dynasty and the chief of the Nāya Republic in Kundagrama, a suburb of Vaishali (Basarh in modern-day Bihar). He was the elder brother of Mahavira, the 24th Jain Tirthankara. His father was Siddhartha..According to the second chapter of the Śvētāmbara Ācārāṅga Sūtra, Siddhartha and his family were devotees of Parshvanatha.

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