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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