This figure had eleven disciples, nine of which achieved kevala in his lifetime, and he believed in a life force called jiva.
This figure and a companion were once imprisoned as spies in Kuiya, but were released by the intervention of two sisters. This figure would often remain in kayostarga while Gosala would misbehave toward others. This figure once wandered peacefully after an angry cowherd shoved grass sticks into his ear at Chammani. An elephant and a smokeless fire were seen in the first and last of fourteen prophetic (*) dreams which occurred to Trishala before this figure's birth, although he was conceived in Devananda's womb. This figure had eleven disciples, nine of which achieved kevala in his lifetime, and he believed in a life force called jiva. This man succeeded Lord Parshva and while fasting under an ashoka tree, he tore out his hair and took off his clothes before preaching extreme asceticism until his death. For 10 points, name this 24th Tirthankara and the founder of Jainism.
This figure and a companion were once imprisoned as spies in Kuiya, but were released by the intervention of two sisters.
Mahavira [accept Vardhamana]