A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.702

c5.702

JĀBĀLI, JĀVĀLI. A Brāhman who was priest of King Dasa-ratha, and held sceptical philosophical opinions. He is represented in the Rāmāyana as enforcing his views upon Rāma, who decidedly repudiated them. Thereupon he asserted that his atheistical arguments had been used only for a purpose, and that he was really imbued with sentiments of piety and religion. He is said to have been a logician, so probably he belonged to the Nyāya school.