Nigantha Nataputta is a person from early Indian philosophy whose
beliefs are documented in Buddhist texts.
Although these texts provide no additional evidence of
Nigantha's beliefs, he promoted a four-fold self-restraint.
It is widely assumed that Nigantha and Mahavira were the
same person.
Mahavira is said to be the last of the Jain tirthankaras,
the religious tradition's foundational figures.
