Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c14.s1.t3.3

c14.s1.t3.3

But, as the Jain canons would make us believe, at the last moment, overwhelmed by the sense of his evil deeds, he declared that Mahāvīra alone was the true Jina and that Mankhali himself was a wicked man, and that his theras should bury him with every mark of dishonour and publicly proclaim his shame. Gosāla died and was born as a deva in the heaven. It is said that in course of time he would attain salvation¹¹⁷.