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certain that they are not very likely to outstrip the generality of people, about 200,000,000 of whom do not get one full meal a day! Individual exceptions there will aways be to this as to all other rules.
Change of varṇa has always been permitted within certain limits which aimed at securing what may be termed appropriate samskāras (mentality, impressions, impulses), and the change of appearances and surroundings. In Jainism varna is to be fixed for a new convert, after a year's probation, according to his occupation.
After establishing the varņa-system the WORLD TEACHER appointed four great Kshatriya warriors, namely, Hari, Akampana, Kāśyapa and Somaprabha, to rule over a thousand chieftains each. Hari came to be known as Harikānta, and his house as Harivansa Akampana, who changed his name into Sridhara, founded the Nāthavansa. Kāśyapa became the founder of Ugravansa, and was known as Maghavavā. Kururāja, the name adopted by Somaprabha, is the starting point of Kuruvansa. Sri Rişabha Deva then appointed Kachha, Mabā Kachha and many other Kshatriya princes as Adhirajas (smaller chieftains) to rule over five hundred feudatory chiefs each. The Adhirajas
