History and Doctrines of the Ajivikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c16.s1.13
History and Doctrines of the Ājīvikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c16.s1.13
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c16.s1.13
original and the paraphrase make it clear that Daḍhapaïnna is a Jaina ascetic of the normal type, who, by virtue of his spiritual perfection, remembers his past births and informs his disciples of his earlier birth as Gosāla. Barua's conclusion is quite unjustified.