History and Doctrines of the Ajivikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c11.s6.6
History and Doctrines of the Ājīvikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c11.s6.6
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c11.s6.6
After the two ascetics had departed together a further prophecy of Mahāvīra’s greatly increased his belief in the power of *Niyati*. This was made at a village called Suvaṇṇakhalaya, and concerned the breaking of a pot of milk, the property of certain cowherds. Gosāla is said to have done his utmost to prevent the fulfilment of the prophecy.⁴