WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Brahmi language was understood to very less people and only Brahmins were able to understand Brahmi. Prakrit was understood by majority of people. Sanskrit was not written until many centuries later that is why Vardhaman Mahavira was taught in Prakrit.

Detailed explanation-2: -The teachings of Mahavira were in the Prakrit language and that of the Gautama Buddha in Pali. They chose the language spoken by common people in order to reach them easily without the help of a translator.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mahavira is best remembered in the Indian traditions for his teaching that ahimsa is the supreme moral virtue. He taught that ahimsa covers all living beings, and injuring any being in any form creates bad karma (which affects one’s rebirth, future well-being, and suffering).

Detailed explanation-4: -Buddha spread his teachings through Pali, a language spoken by ordinary people. The Jatakas were also written in Pali.