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Excerpted with permission from ‘Lakshmi in Buddhism and Jainism’ by Menka Rai in Treasures of Lakshmi: The Goddess who Gives, edited by Namita Gokhale and Malashri Lal, Penguin India.

Buddhism and Jainism grew out of this. Both Mahavira and Siddhartha preached non-violence and casteless societies; yet both did not claim that they were breaking away from the Aryan tradition.