[INDOLOGY] Seven types of ascetics

[Rolf Heinrich Koch]

Dear Martin,

in Sri Lanka they call today Viṣṇuites as cakradhara

better try this one: Barua, Maskarī as an Epithet of Gosāla, IHQ Vol III 
No 2 June 1927: 235-261.

Best

Heiner

Am 15.07.2022 um 09:34 schrieb Martin Gansten via INDOLOGY:
> In his Bṛhajjātaka, Varāhamihira lists seven types of ascetics 
> corresponding to the seven planets: /śākyājīvikabhikṣuvṛddhacarakā 
> nirgranthavanyāśanāḥ/. A few centuries later, the commentator 
> Bhaṭṭotpala elaborates slightly on these, citing the authorities 
> Vaṅkālakācārya (writing in Prakrit) and Satyācārya. These passages are 
> discussed in Basham's /History and Doctrines of the Ājīvikas/ (p. 168 
> ff., giving the Prakrit author's name as Kālakācārya). I am wondering 
> if any further research on these ascetic categories has been published 
> after Basham's book, which is now more than 70 years old. In 
> particular, I am curious about the categories vṛddha (identified by 
> Bhaṭṭotpala as Kāpālikas) and caraka (which he says are cakradharas). 
> All suggestions are welcome.
>
> Best wishes,
> Martin Gansten
>
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