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India in Jambūdvipa, and the Buddha was born at Kapilavastu in the central part of Jambudvipa. The two places were in closest proximity; only their names were different.
When Mahavira came in the Brāhmaṇa line in the womb of Devanandā, Indra thought as follows:
"The Arahantas have never been born outside the Ksatriya line, among the Brahmanas, Vaisyas or Sudras, nor will they be so born. So I should remove him from the womb of Devānanda and place him in the womb of the Ksatriya woman Tris ala. '(1)
At the command of the Indra, the god named Harinaigamesi performed the job. (In the Buddhist tradition), the Buddha thought himself,
'A Buddha is born as a Brāhmana or a Ksatriya, but never as a Vaisya or a Sūdra. At this moment, the Ksatriyas are the superior of the two; so I should be born as a Ksatriya.'
Thus according to the Indra, a Tirthankara could be born only in the Ksatriya line, but according to the Buddha, a Buddha could be born either in the Ksatriya line or in the Brāhmana line.
At the time of her conception, Mahavira's mother dreamt 14 dreams, such as, a lion, an elephant, an ox, and so on; but the Buddha's mother dreamt only a single dream. In both the cases, the next morning, the dream-interpreters •were called in. For Mahavira, they predicted that he would either be a Cakravartį or a Tirthankara; in the case of the Buddha, they predicted that he would either be a Cakr av arti or a Buddha.
The occasion of the birth in both the cases is commemorated by the association of gods. The descriptions in both the traditions are hyperbolic; (but compared to the Jaina tradition), the description in the Jataka is more elaborated and exaggerated. Both Mahāvira (2) and the Buddha were free from dirt as they emerged from the wombs of their respective mothers.
Suddhodana (Gautama Buddha's father) desired to place the child at the feet of a holy man named Kala..
