Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v1.c5.s7.505

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1 Kumdakolia (Kundakolika) A householder of Kampillapura Pūsa was his wife He was one of the ten principal lay votaries (pasaka) of Mahāvīra¹ He had an interesting discuss on with a god regarding the doctrine of Determinism (niyati vada) advocated by Gosāla Kumdakolia asked the god who was praising the philosophy of Gosala as to why he alone attained his present divine position without any exertion and why other creatures who were also without exertion did not attain similar high positions ? The very fact that there are some creatures as gods some as human beings some as animals and others as infernal beings proves that the difference in their status etc must be due to their own acts Thus the doctrine of Gosala is untenable The god on hearing this argument got puzzled and left the place 1 Upa 35 2 Jbd 36