History and Doctrines of the Ajivikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c11.s9.25
History and Doctrines of the Ājīvikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c11.s9.25
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c11.s9.25
⁶ *Māhaṇa* is usually translated "a brāhmaṇa". In this context this cannot be the literal meaning, since Mahāvīra was a *kṣattriya*.