Samannaphalasutta 1.2

1.2

When he had thus spoken, a certain minister said to the king: ‘There is, Sire, Pūraṇa Kassapa, the head of an order, of a following, the teacher of a school, well-known and of repute as a sophist, revered by the people, a man of experience, who has long been a recluse, old and well stricken in years. Let your Majesty pay a visit to him. It may well be that, on calling upon him, your heart, Sire, shall find peace.’ But when he had thus spoken Ajātasattu the king. kept silence.
3-7. Then other five ministers spake in the same terms of Makkhali of the cow-pen, of Ajita of the garment of hair, of pakudha Kaccāyana, of Sañjaya of the Belaṭṭha clan, and of the Nigaṇṭha of the Nāta clan. And still, to each, Ajātasattu the king kept silence.