Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c12.s5.1

c12.s5.1

Now we come to the lowest strata of society A Sūdra had a degraded position in the society from very early days Mahāvīra and Buddha tried to improve their lot to a great extent, but it seems they could not do away fully with the caste restrictions as we have seen already The Uttarādhyayana commentary mentions Citta and Sambhūya, the two sons of a Mātanga leader of Vārānasī, who led a singing and dancing party during the festival of god of love The high caste people could not tolerate it and they belaboured them with kicks and blows and turned them out of the town⁴³.