History and Doctrines of the Ajivikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c14.s4.14
History and Doctrines of the Ājīvikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c14.s4.14
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c14.s4.14
Central Asian frescos show the Buddha disputing with the heretical leaders.⁵ Of the latter some are partly naked, but he whom Grünwedel identifies as Makkhali Gosāla, by virtue of his staff (Plate I, ii), is attired in the garb of the orthodox ascetic, and wears the typical *sannyāsī’s* topknot.⁶