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- Makkhali Gosala (c. 484 B.C.E.) (also known as Maskarin Gośāla or Gosala Mankhaliputta) was an ascetic teacher in ancient India, often identified as the founder of the Ajivika movement. He was a contemporary of Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism, and of Mahavira, the last and 24th Tirthankara of Jainism.
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Makkhali Gosala (c. 484 B.C.E.) (also known as Maskarin Gośāla or Gosala Mankhaliputta) was an ascetic teacher in ancient India, often identified as the founder of the Ajivika movement. He was a contemporary of Siddhartha Gautama , the founder of Buddhism , and of Mahavira , the last and 24th Tirthankara of Jainism .
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t. e. Makkhali Gosala ( Pāli; BHS: Maskarin Gośāla; Jain Prakrit sources: Gosala Mankhaliputta) or Manthaliputra Goshalak (b. about 523 BCE) was an ascetic ajivika teacher of ancient India. He was a contemporary of Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, and of Mahavira, the last and 24th Tirthankara of Jainism .
Makkhali Gosala (Pali; Sanskrit Gośala Maskariputra, c. 484 BCE) is generally considered as the founder of the Ājīvika movement. Some sources state that Gosala was only a leader of a large Ājīvika congregation of ascetics, but not the founder of the movement himself.
Ajivika, an ascetic sect that emerged in India about the same time as Buddhism and Jainism and that lasted until the 14th century; the name may mean “following the ascetic way of life.” It was founded by Goshala Maskariputra (also called Gosala Makkhaliputta), a friend of Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara (“Ford-maker,” i.e., saviour) of Jainism.
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May 21, 2018 · Gosāla, Makkhali (founder): see MAKKHALI. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions JOHN BOWKER. *Makkhali Gosala or * Maskarin Gosala** (Pāli, Skt.). Sectarian teacher and leader of the Ājīvaka [1] sect who was criticized by the Buddha [2] for his doctrine of determinism.
Makkhali Gosala is regarded as the founder leader of the Ajivikas and one source of his teachings is the Buddhist Digha Nikaya. Three Tamil texts, the Manimakalai of the Buddhists, the Nilakesi of the Jains, and the Sivajnanasiddhiyar of the Shaivites, all contain outlines of Ajivika doctrine.
