[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v1.c7.118 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c7.118 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c7.118 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c7.118](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.118) It has been suggested¹⁷ that Makkhali Gosāla’s doctrine of the eight developmental stages of man (aṭṭha purisabhūmi) was a physical antecedent of the Buddha’s doctrine of the eight higher spiritual ranks (aṭṭha purisapuggalā). Buddhaghosa¹⁸ gives the eight stages as follows: manda, khiḍḍā, vimamsana, ujugata, sekha, samaṇa, jina and panna. - [Previous: v1.c7.117](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.117) - [Next: v1.c7.119](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.119) - [Up: v1.c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.118](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.118) · Pramāṇa