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History and Doctrines of the Ajivikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c10.s2.51

History and Doctrines of the Ājīvikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c10.s2.51

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c10.s2.51

Thus we find that Buddhist tradition ascribes Ājīvika teachings not only to Makkhali but also to Pūraṇa and Pakudha and, with the exception of the doubtful Tibetan reference, to no other of the six heretical teachers. It seems therefore that all three had some hand in the development of Ājīvikism.