[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Literature, language and dating](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature) › [A History of Indian Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927) › v2.c19.s6.t3.185 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t3.185 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t3.185 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s6.t3.185](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t3.185) "As true as it is that I sacrificed my breasts for the child's sake, not for sovereignty, not for enjoyments, not in order to attain heaven, not to become an Indra, not in order to rule a kingdom as a ruler, but for no other reason than to attain the highest perfect enlightenment, that I may tame the untamed, liberate the unliberated, comfort the uncomforted, and lead the unredeemed to the perfect Nirvāṇa,—as true as this is, may my female sex vanish, and may I become a man!" Scarcely had she uttered this, than she was transformed into a Prince Rūpavata, who later became king and reigned for sixty years. Reborn as a Brahmin, he sacrifices himself for a tigress.¹ - [Previous: v2.c19.s6.t3.184](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t3.184) - [Next: v2.c19.s6.t3.186](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t3.186) - [Up: v2.c19.s6.t3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t3.185](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s6.t3.185) · Pramāṇa