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Early Monastic Buddhism v1.c7.s1.7

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² (i) Kaṇhābhijāti — Bird-catchers, hunters, fishermen, etc.
(ii) Nīlābhijāti — Recluses who take to rigorous ascetic practices including the Sākyaputtiya Samaṇas.
(iii) Lohitābhijāti: — Nigaṇthas who wear one piece of cloth.
(iv) Haliddābhijāti: — Lay-devotees of Acelakas including Ājīvikasāvakas.
(v) Sukkābhijāti. — Ājīvika ascetics like Nanda, Vaccha, Sankicca. In the *Majjhima* (I, p. 238) these ascetics are said to be engaged in *kāyabhāvanā* and not *cittabhāvanā*.
(vi) Paramasukkābhijāti: Ājīvika saints. See *Sumangalavilāsinī*, I, p. 162; *Aṅguttara*, III, p. 121.

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