Answer

From a Jain perspective, such a child would generally be seen as having very strong dayā (compassion) and powerful pūrva-saṃskāras—that is, impressions carried from past lives. A natural attraction toward nonviolence, vegetarianism, and care for all living beings is usually understood in Jainism as the result of auspicious karma and spiritual tendencies developed over many births.

Explanation

In Jain thought:

• A soul carries karmic impressions from previous lives.
• These impressions can express themselves early in life as sensitivity, empathy, and aversion to harming living beings.
• If a child feels deeply for animals without family influence, Jainism would often understand this as an inner awakening of ahiṃsā and a sign of favorable karmic maturity.

About becoming vegan:

• Classical Jain tradition strongly emphasizes vegetarianism and nonviolence.
• Veganism is not the classical Jain norm, but many modern Jains see it as a deeper extension of ahiṃsā because it avoids harm connected with dairy production.
• So, in a Jain reading, this could be understood as a further refinement of compassion.

Spiritual Understanding

Jainism would not usually say that such a person must be “sent from higher worlds” to help others. Jain doctrine does accept rebirth in higher realms, such as heavenly worlds, but it does not generally describe souls from those realms as coming to Earth on a special mission in the way some other traditions might.

More traditionally, Jainism would say:

• This person may be a soul with very pure karmic tendencies.
• Her present life may reflect the fruit of previous virtuous conduct.
• She may be progressing well on the path of ahiṃsā, which is central to Jain spirituality.

So the most Jain answer is:

• Yes, her compassion can be understood as influenced by past-life karmic impressions.
• No, Jainism would not usually interpret this as proof that she came from a higher world specifically to rescue others.
• It is better to see it as the unfolding of a spiritually sensitive soul.

Takeaway

In Jain Dharma, such a child would be viewed as having noble saṃskāras, strong compassion, and auspicious karma. Her behavior can be understood as the natural flowering of past spiritual tendencies, not as a claim that she is definitely from a higher world. The deeper lesson is simple: when a soul instinctively chooses nonviolence, it is moving closer to the Jain ideal.