History and Doctrines of the Ajivikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c11.s6.39
History and Doctrines of the Ājīvikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c11.s6.39
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c11.s6.39
In his ninth year of asceticism Mahāvīra decided to visit non-Āryan countries, in order to invite persecution and thus to work off his *karma*. Accompanied by Gosāla he journeyed to Lāḍha and Vajjabhūmi (W. Bengal), where both were put to great ignominy by the uncouth inhabitants. There they spent the ninth rainy season.³