This figure was said to have become omniscient near a sal tree at the shore
This figure was said to have become omniscient near a sal tree at the shore of the Rjupalika river. His followers disagree on whether or not his embryo was transplanted from another woman into his mother's womb by Indra. After allowing himself to be bitten by insects for twelve years, he attained the state of kevala and proclaimed the "five great vows," one more than his predecessor Parshvanatha. This advocate against the Brahmanic practice of large-scale animal sacrifice was the son of Trishala, the last of twenty-four women who had exactly fourteen auspicious dreams, heralding the birth of this final "ford-maker" or Tirthankara. For 10 points, name this sixth-century BCE Indian who preached "ahimsa" and founded Jainism.
This figure was said to have become omniscient near a sal tree at the shore of the Rjupalika river.
Mahavira [or Vardhamana]