Which of the following statements are correct:

A. Jaina teacher Mahāvīra was a senior contemporary of the Buddha.

B. The concept of Ahimsa (Absence of violence) was propounded by Mahavira.

C. Vinaya Pitaka is a text teaching the philosophy of Buddhism.

D. Mahavira was born in Bihar, near Pataliputra (Patna).

E. Anekantavāda is a major philosophical principle of Jainism.

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