The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c10.s12.3

c10.s12.3

The Jaina tradition represents Gosāla as a disciple of Mahāvīra. But a modern view³ seeks to show that Gosāla was one of the teachers of Mahāvīra. It is also believed that among the precursors or contemporaries of Mahāvīra and Śākya the Buddha some of the formative forces of Jainism and Buddhism are to be found not only in the philosophy of Gosāla but also in the scepticism of Sanjaya. Non-Śākyan thought was then a powerful factor of the times.