The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c24.104

v1.c24.104

"On another occasion, another important dispute took place about the transmigration of souls, an ancient dream of Pythagoras. The reason given by the Hindu was founded on the variety of men: some are kings, others are slaves; some are Brahmans, others Pariahs. While explaining his theory the Hindu spoke as a true Pythagorean would have done, since he maintained that the soul was not the form of the body, but was (he said) inside the body as the bird is inside the cage and the chicken inside the egg. It was not very difficult to show him the fallacy of this opinion.