Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Buddhism and Jainism are two branches of the Shramana tradition that still exist today. Jainism has historically been largely confined to India, whereas Buddhism originated in India but subsequently flourished in other Asian countries during the Middle Ages. Mahavira and Siddhartha Gautama (a.k.a. Buddha, or Enlightened One) were contemporaries and according to the Pali scriptures Siddhartha Gautama was aware of Mahavira's existence as well as his community of monks.. }
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- Buddhism_and_Jainism comment "Buddhism and Jainism are two branches of the Shramana tradition that still exist today. Jainism has historically been largely confined to India, whereas Buddhism originated in India but subsequently flourished in other Asian countries during the Middle Ages. Mahavira and Siddhartha Gautama (a.k.a. Buddha, or Enlightened One) were contemporaries and according to the Pali scriptures Siddhartha Gautama was aware of Mahavira's existence as well as his community of monks.".