Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) c15.19

c15.19

All the Jaina Tirthakaras and heroes take birth in Kṣatriya bodies. When Mahâvira, the twenty-fourth and last of the Tirthakaras was conceived by a Brâhmaṇi, the king of gods felt bound to remove him miraculously to the womb of a Kṣatriyâṇi. All are declared equal in respect of the highest things which matter in life. Aśvaghoṣa in his Vajrasuchi declares that all are equal in feelings and interests.¹