He hurled open defiance at the chakravartin and challenged him to a fight. Bahubali was endowed with the final and superior body of extraordinary sturdiness and strength ( vajra-ṛṣabhanārācasaṃhanana) like Bharata. Bharata's 98 brothers became Jain monks' and submitted their kingdoms to him. But the chakra-ratna stopped on its own at the entrance of Ayodhyapuri, signalling to the emperor that his 99 brothers have yet not submitted to his authority. After winning six divisions of earth in all directions ( digvijaya), Bharata proceeded to his capital Ayodhyapuri with a huge army and divine chakra-ratna-spinning, disk-like super weapon with serrated edges. Bharata was gifted the kingdom of Vinita (Ayodhya) and Bahubali got the kingdom of Asmaka from South India, having Podanapur as its capital. When Rishabhanatha decided to become a monk, he distributed his kingdom among his 100 sons. Bahubali had a son named Somakirti (also known as Mahabala). He is said to have excelled in studying medicine, archery, floriculture, and the knowledge of precious gems. Family life Īccording to Jain texts, Bahubali was born to Rishabhanatha and Sunanda during the Ikshvaku dynasty in Ayodhya.

It was composed by Jinasena, a Digambara monk.

The Ādi purāṇa, a 9th-century Sanskrit poem, deals with the ten lives of the first tirthankara, Rishabhanatha and his two sons Bharata and Bahubali. and is one of the largest free-standing statues in the world. The statue was built by the Ganga dynasty minister and commander Chavundaraya it is a 57-foot (17 m) monolith (statue carved from a single piece of rock) situated above a hill in Shravanabelagola in the Hassan district, Karnataka state, India. After his year of meditation, Bahubali is said to have attained omniscience ( Kevala Gyana).īahubali other names were Kammateswara Gommateshwara because of the Gommateshwara statue dedicated to him. He is said to have meditated motionless for one year in a standing posture ( kayotsarga) and that during this time, climbing plants grew around his legs. Bahubali (English: One With Strong Arms), a much revered figure among Jains, was the son of Rishabhanatha, the first tirthankara of Jainism, and the younger brother of Bharata Chakravartin.

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