Ajivika tradition
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The Ajivika tradition was an ancient Indian ascetic and philosophical movement known for its strict determinism and belief in an impersonal cosmic order governing all events.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ajivika | 1 |
| Ajivika (attributed) | 1 |
| Ajivika ascetics | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Indian religious movement
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ascetic tradition ⓘ philosophical school ⓘ |
| archaeologicalEvidence | inscriptions from Mauryan period ⓘ |
| associatedWithRuler |
Ashoka
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bindusara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| believesIn | inevitability of all events ⓘ |
| contemporaryWith |
Buddhism
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jainism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Buddhist doctrine of conditioned arising
ⓘ
Jain doctrine of karma and austerity ⓘ |
| cosmicPrinciple | Niyati NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cosmology |
fixed cycle of cosmic time
ⓘ
predetermined transmigration of souls ⓘ |
| declinePeriod | late 1st millennium CE ⓘ |
| denies | free will ⓘ |
| ethicalView | karma is powerless to change destiny ⓘ |
| flourishedIn |
Magadha
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maurya Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founderTraditionallyAttributedTo | Makkhali Gosala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 1st millennium BCE ⓘ |
| influenced | later Indian debates on determinism ⓘ |
| influencedBy | broader Śramaṇa milieu ⓘ |
| knownFrom | hostile or rival sources ⓘ |
| languageContext | early Middle Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ |
| mainDoctrine |
belief in an impersonal cosmic order
ⓘ
strict determinism ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Buddhist texts
ⓘ
Jain texts ⓘ |
| practices |
naked asceticism
ⓘ
severe asceticism ⓘ wandering mendicancy ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Ganges valley
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ⓘ
South India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTraditionOf | India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousType | Śramaṇa movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scripturesStatus | original texts lost ⓘ |
| socialComposition |
lay supporters
ⓘ
wandering ascetics ⓘ |
| status | extinct religious tradition ⓘ |
| teacherOf | Makkhali Gosala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| viewOnGod | impersonal cosmic principle rather than personal deity ⓘ |
| viewOnLiberation | liberation occurs automatically at destined time ⓘ |
| viewOnMorality | moral effort cannot alter predetermined fate ⓘ |
| viewOnRitual | Vedic ritual ineffective to change destiny ⓘ |
| viewOnSoul | soul passes through fixed number of births ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ajivika ascetics
this entity surface form:
Ajivika
subject surface form:
Ancient India