Early Monastic Buddhism v1.c6.s2.1

v1.c6.s2.1

Out of these *parivrājakas* were formed, from time to time, groups who expressed their allegiance to a certain teacher, or subscribed to some common tenets, marks, or style of dress. Of these we may refer to the Māgaṇḍikas,³ Vekhanassas,⁴ Pārāsāriyas, orders of the six Teachers: Sañjaya, Pakudha, Ajita, Maṅkhali Gosāla, Nigaṇṭha Nātaputta and Gautama Buddha (Sākyaputtiya-samaṇas); and to the Jaṭilas,⁵ Teḍaṇḍikas,⁶ Aviruddhakas,⁷ and Devadhammikas. In the *Nikāyas* we have scanty accounts of the teachings of the six teachers, to be dealt with in the next chapter, but none of the rest.⁸