Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c14.s1.1
Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c14.s1.1
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c14.s1.1
The order of the *Ājīvikas* is of older standing than that of Gosāla himself, who is considered as the third leader of the sect 105 It is evident from the *Bhagavatī*106 that the history of the *Ājīvikas* commenced one hundred and seventeen years before Gosāla. It is stated that Gosāla lived twenty two years in the body of Enejjaga, twenty one in that of Mallārāma, twenty in that of Maṇḍiya, nineteen in that of Roha, eighteen in that of Bhāraddāja, and seventeen in that of Ajjuna Goyamaputta.