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100 _aBasham, Arthur Llewellyn & Barnett Lionel David
245 0 _aHistory and doctrines of the Ajivikas: A vanished Indian religion/
_cArthur Llewellyn Basham & Lionel David Barnett
260 _aDelhi:
_bMotilal Banarsidass Publishers,
_c2009.
300 _axxii,316 p.
505 _aPART I. HISTORY OF THE AJlVH^S lNTR0i5UCTI0N - . The Historical Background to the Rise of Ajivikism. . The Six Heretics The Record of the Sdmanna-pliala Sutta . Other Buddhist References to the Doctrines of the Heretics Makkhali Gosala and his Predecessors Ajlvika Leaders before Makkhali Gosala Nanda Vaccha and Kisa Sahkicca . The Immediate Predecessors of Makkhali Gosala Makkhali Gosala . Birth of Makkhali Gosala The Meeting of Gosala with Mahavira The Peregrinations of the Two Ascetics Gosala and the Sesamum Plant GosalaandV esiyayana Gosala Attains Magical Power and becomes the Leader of the Ajlvikas The Last Days of Makkhali Gosala The Six Disacaras Gosala is Exposed by Mahavira Gosala Visits Mahavira Gosala's Delirium Ayampula Visits Gosala Gosala's Repentance and Death The Date of Gosala's Death . The Name and Titles of Makkhali Gosala PURANA AND PaKUDHA Purana Kassapa The Death of Purana Pakudha Kaccayana The Early AjIvika Community (I) The Wandering Pliilosojihers Etymology of the Term Ajivika The Ajivika Initiation Ajivika Nudity . Ajivika Asceticism The Ajivika Sabhd Song and Dance . The Early AjIvika Community (II) Begging and Dietary Practices AccusaMoiis of Worldliness and Immorality The Final Penance Ajivika Laymen . Relations between Ajivikas and Buddhists Relations between Ajivikas and Jainas . AjiVIKAS IN THE NaNDA AND MaURYA PeIUODS Mahapadma Ajivikism in Maurya Times . The ]hirril)ar and Nagarjimi Caves AjIvikas in Later Times References in Sanskrit Literature Varahamihira and Utpala Silahka and the Trairasikas . Nemicandra on the Ajivikas . Lexicographical References . The Last References to Ajivikas The Southern AjIvikas The Inscriptions . Ajivikas in Tamil Literature Appendix to Part I -The Iconoclast Ascetics of KASHMiU PART II. DOCTRINES OF THE \JlVIKAS AjIvika Scriptures The Mahdnimittas, the Maggas, and the Onyatu-hitir Pfili and Prakrit Quotations . Quotations by the Conunentators Niyati Nigalivdda Dialectic The Development of the Nigcvti Doctrine AjIvika Cosmology The Categories of the Sdmanna-jihala Siilta The Eight Last Things The Six Inevitables Other AjIvika Categories Mcmdala-moksa . Other Doctrines of the AjIvikas The Elements AjIvika AtQinisin in Relation to other Indian Atomic Doctrines The Soul The Gods . AjIvika Logic The Status of Makkhali Gosala Conclusion Summary . . . . Dr. Barua's Three Questions . The Influence of the AjIvikas The Place of the AjIvikas in Indian History
700 _aArthur Llewellyn Basham
700 _aLionel David Barnett
942 _cWB16