Why did Jainism's strict emphasis on 'Ahimsa' (non-violence) make it highly popular among the mercantile community (Vaishyas) while limiting its adoption among the peasantry?

Options:

• A: Merchants were wealthy enough to pay others to perform sacrifices, whereas peasants could not afford them.
• B: Peasantry found it impossible to practice agriculture without killing insects and pests during tilling, whereas trading did not directly involve such destruction of life.
• C: The Mauryan kings banned peasants from practicing Jainism to ensure agricultural production was not disrupted.
• D: Jainism prohibited the use of iron plowshares, which only the peasants used, while merchants used wooden tools.

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