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Ājīvika - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ājīvika (also written Ajivika or Ajivaka ) was an ancient philosophical and ascetic movement of the Indian subcontinent. The Ajivikas were contemporaries of the early Buddhists and historical Jai...
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Ajivika is an ancient religion started by mendicant monks in India. ... Ajivika was founded by Maskarin Gosala over 2,500 years ago, about the time that Gautama Buddha founded Buddhism. As was typical for religious figures, Gosala was born in a cow barn. (A gosala is a cow barn.
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According to tradition both the Buddha and Mahavira spent some time in the company of Makkali Gosala, one of the chief proponents of Ajivika sect, who probably lived between 560 and 484 BC. We are not sure what influence he exerted on both of them, but their relationship seems to have been unsteady and temporary.
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Ajivika (also written Ajivaka; correct transliteration Ājīvika) was an ancient philosophical and ascetic movement of the Indian subcontinent. Philosophically, the Ajivikas were contemporaries of the early Buddhists and historical Jains and their movement may have preceded both of these groups.
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on Ajivika (Indian sect), an ascetic sect that emerged in India about the same time as Buddhism and Jainism and that lasted until the 14th century; ... The sect’s opponents portrayed Ajivika as professing total determinism in the transmigration of souls, or series of rebirths.
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Ajivika – Facts about Ajivika, pictures, video, and Ajivika information at Encyclopedia.com: a free, credible collection of encyclopedias. ... Ajivika , religious sect of medieval India, once of major importance. The Ajivikas were an ascetic, atheistic, anti-Brahmanical community whose pessimistic doctrines are related...
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So ajivika would mean "professional" or something like that. It cannot be denied that this seems to be the most probable explanation of this rather obscure word. Nor do I pretend to be in a position to offer a better one.
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Definition of ajivika from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary with audio pronunciations, thesaurus, Word of the Day, and word games. ... Main Entry: ajivika...
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It is believed the original Ajivika texts were written in an eastern Prakrit, perhaps similar to the Jain Prakrit Ardhamagadhi. Quotations and adaptations from these texts appear to have been inserted into Jain and Buddhist accounts of the Ajivikas.
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