The Jain Tirthankara Mahavira has been mentioned in the early Buddhist literature as 

(a) Nigantha Nataputta (b) Vardhamana (c) Vesaliya (d) Videhaputta

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(a) In the Buddhist Pali Canon, Mahavira is referred as Nigantha Nataputta. Nigantha Nataputta refers to. A Nirgrantha refers to Jains. A person who has attained Kevalya can be a Nirgrantha.

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