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Ājīvika Ajivika (Sanskrit: आजीविक, IAST:
Ājīvika) is one of the nāstika or "heterodox"
schools of
Indian philosophy.
Believed to have been
founded in the...
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tradition includes primarily Jainism, Buddhism, and
others such as the
Ājīvika. The śramaṇa
religions became po****r in the same
circles of mendicants...
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major non-Vedic or
heterodox (nāstika or sramanic) schools—Jain, Buddhist,
Ajivika, Ajñana, and Charvaka. The āstika
group embraces the
Vedas as an essential...
- Mīmāṃsā and Vedanta, and five
major heterodox schools—Jain, Buddhist,
Ajivika, Ajñana, and Cārvāka. However,
there are
other methods of classification;...
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fundamental microscopic building material of the universe. In
ancient India, the
Ājīvika school of
philosophy founded by
Makkhali Gosāla (around 500 BCE), otherwise...
- austerities,
shaved their heads, ate only
fruit and milk and meditated. The
Ājīvika went
without clothes.
Their antinomian ethics match those Pyrrho brought...
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Digambara sect
originated from
Ājīvika and not
Mahavira owing to
their complete nudity which was also a
characteristic of
Ājīvika ascetics as
described in canonical...
- Ashokavadana, the
Mauryan emperor Ashoka issued an
order to kill all the
Ajivikas (follower of nāstika or "heterodox"
schools of
Indian philosophy) in Pundravardhana...
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fundamental microscopic building material of the universe. In
ancient India, the
Ājīvika school of
philosophy founded by
Makkhali Gosāla (around 500 BCE), otherwise...
- Mankhaliputta) or
Manthaliputra Goshalak (b.
about 523 BCE) was an
ascetic ajivika teacher of
ancient India. He was a
contemporary of
Gautama Buddha, the...
