History and Doctrines of the Ajivikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c23.s1.36
History and Doctrines of the Ājīvikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c23.s1.36
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6. Supremely White (*parama-sukka*). According to the texts, this class contains three names only, those of Nanda Vaccha, Kisa Saṅkicca, and Makkhali Gosāla.¹ We cannot believe that the class was such a small one, and suggest that it contained all the *arhants*, *tīrthaṅkaras*, or *āptas* of Ājīvika mythology.²