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# Makkhali Gosala (Makkhali Gosāla)

Leader of the Ājīvikas, contemporary of the Buddha and Mahāvīra.

## Works (1)

- [The Ājīvika canon (Ājīvika scriptures (mahānimittas and mārgas))](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nastika.ajivika.canon) — Prakrit; 500–300 BCE; lost

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