''Uttarapurana'' is a Jain text composed by ''

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'' Gunabhadra in the 9th century CE. According to the

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''Uttarapurana'' text, Mahavira was born in Kundpur in the

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. The narration in Uttarapurana continues the account in Mahapurana, written by Acharya Jinasena and completed by Gunabhadra.

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