Pink sandstone of a standing Jain Buddha- 4977

Pink sandstone of a standing Jain Buddha
Solanki period 11th Century- India
Dimensions: Ht 62 x W 19 x D 11 cm 
Price on request.

* The Solanki is a royal Hindu clan that ruled parts of western and central India from the 10th to 13th centuries.

Mahavira was born a little before the Buddha. While the Buddha was the founder of Buddhism, Mahavira did not found Jainism. 
He is the 24th great teacher (Tirthankar) in the Jain tradition that was founded in the present era by Rishabh or Adinath, 
thousands of years before Mahavira.
While most Hindus believe in a god (or goddess) that is the creator, preserver, and destroyer of the universe, 
Jainism rejects any such god (or goddess). For Jains, the universe is an eternal phenomenon, never created and never to be destroyed.
It is a self-sustained, self-managed phenomenon that runs on the principle of cause and effect (karma and reincarnation).