WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Mahavira used the Prakrit language to teach his followers. The ordinary people could understand his teachings because they used Prakrit as well.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ans: (a) Buddha taught the people in Prakrit, which was the language of the ordinary people so that everybody could understand his message without any difficulty. (b) He also encouraged people to think for themselves rather to simply accept what he said. (c) Buddha, himself set an example to lead a simple life.

Detailed explanation-3: -Jain Prakrit is a term loosely used for the language of the Jain Agamas (canonical texts). The books of Jainism were written in the popular vernacular dialects (as opposed to Sanskrit which was the classical standard of Brahmanism), and therefore encompass a number of related dialects.