[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) › v2.c31.52 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.52 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c31.52 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c31.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.52) The philosopher's true name¹⁰ seems to have been Maskarin, the Jaina-Prakrit form of which is Maṅkhali and the Pāli form Makkhali. "Maskarin" is explained by Pāṇini¹¹ as "one who carries a bamboo staff" (maskara). A Maskarin is also known as Ekadaṇḍin. According to Patañjali,¹² the name indicates a School of Wanderers who were called Maskarins, not so much because they carried a bamboo staff as because they denied the freedom of the will. The Maskarins were thus fatalists or determinists. - [Previous: v2.c31.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.51) - [Next: v2.c31.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.53) - [Up: v2.c31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.52) · Pramāṇa