Ājīvika in Early India
A Study of Ājīvika’s Way of Life and Philosophical Concepts
Keywords:
Ājīvika, Fatalism, Makkhali Gosāla, Pūrana Kassapa, Pakudha KaccāyanaAbstract
This article explores the way of life and status of Ājīvika in Early India prior to the time of Gotama Buddha. Also, it studies some major philosophical concepts, and the contribution and impact of Ājīvika teachers on Indian society. The study reveals that Ājīvika is one of three ascetic groups: Buddhism, Jain and Ājīvika, that could have survived for more than a millennium in Early India. The doctrines of Ājīvika teachers in the Buddha’s time comprised of Makkhali Gosāla’s fatalism, Pūrana Kassapa’s niyati-antinomianism, and Pakudha Kaccāyana’s atomism. These concepts had a contribution to a scientific way of thinking as well as an influence upon Indian folks who dwelled under the caste system.
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