His teachings were based on the idea of jiva, or life, and ajiva, or nonlife, and he patterned his faith on the three jewels of right faith, right knowledge, and right conduct.  
Born with the name Vardhamana, he renounced his status as a prince and attained kevala, or omniscience.  His teachings were based on the idea of jiva, or life, and ajiva, or nonlife, and he patterned his faith on the three jewels of right faith, right knowledge, and right conduct.  An ascetic, he attempted to annihilate existing karmic matter and end samsara.  Last of the twenty-four "ford crossers," or tirthankaras, FTP, identify this contemporary of the Buddha who founded Jainism.
Born with the name Vardhamana, he renounced his status as a prince and attained kevala, or omniscience.  
Mahavira