Trayodashi is the
Sanskrit
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word for "thirteen", and is the thirteenth day in the lunar fortnight (''
Paksha'') of the
Hindu calendar. Each month has two Trayodashi days, being the thirteenth day of the "bright" (''Shukla'') and of the "dark" (''Krishna'') fortnights respectively. Thus Trayodashi occurs on the thirteenth and the twenty-eighth day of each month.
Festivals
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Dhanteras, also called ''Dhantrayodasi'', is the first day of
Diwali. It occurs on Trayodashi in the month of
Ashvin.
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Mahavir Janma Kalyanak-According to
Jain texts
Jain literature () refers to the literature of the Jainism, Jain religion. It is a vast and ancient literary tradition, which was initially transmitted orally. The oldest surviving material is contained in the canonical ''Jain Agamas'', which ...
,
Mahavira
Mahavira (Devanagari: महावीर, ), also known as Vardhamana (Devanagari: वर्धमान, ), was the 24th ''Tirthankara'' (Supreme Preacher and Ford Maker) of Jainism. Although the dates and most historical details of his lif ...
was born on the trayodashi of the bright half of the moon in the month of ''
Chaitra'' in the year 599 BCE (Chaitra Sud 13).
[Kristi L. Wiley: ''Historical Dictionary of Jainism'', Lanham 2004, p. 134.]
References
Hindu calendar
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