Thanks for these suggestions, Heiner. I wonder if the cakradhara <->
Vaiṣṇava connection relates to Vaiṣṇavas being branded with the symbols
of conch and discus (as I have never seen Vaiṣṇavas carrying actual
wheels/discuses around)? In any case, I suspect it meant something
different in 6th-century (or earlier) North India.
The epithet caraka made me wonder about the Carakasaṃhitā with its
Buddhist connections (discussed by Dominik Wujastyk and others). Is the
name a coincidence?
Best wishes,
Martin Gansten
Den 2022-07-15 kl. 11:00, skrev Rolf Heinrich Koch via INDOLOGY:
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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