History and Doctrines of the Ajivikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c10.s2.64

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To sum up the conclusions of this chapter : Ājīvika doctrine emanated from at least two sources ; the mainstay of early Ājīvikism, the doctrine of *Niyati*, was probably first propagated in a Magadhan dialect ; and the component doctrines of Ājīvikism were early associated with the names of Makkhali, Pūraṇa, and Pakudha.