Ajita Kesakambala

Head of one of the six heretical sects mentioned in the Piṭakas as being contemporaneous with the Buddha.

mentioned 8 times in the Pāḷi canon and commentaries.

Often named with

• Ajita (7)
• Belaṭṭhaputta (6)
• Gosāla (5)
• Kaccāyana (5)
• Makkhali (5)
• Nāṭaputta (5)
• Pakudha (5)
• Pūraṇa (5)
• Gotama (3)
• Nigaṇṭha (3)
• Sañcaya (3)
• Sāvatthī (2)

Mentioned in

• Dīghanikāya · Mahāvaggapāḷi: 1
• Majjhimanikāya · Mūlapaṇṇāsapāḷi: 1
• Majjhimanikāya · Majjhimapaṇṇāsapāḷi: 2
• Dīghanikāya · Sīlakkhandhavagga-aṭṭhakathā: 1
• Saṃyuttanikāya · Sagāthāvagga-aṭṭhakathā: 2
• Khuddakanikāya · Jātaka-aṭṭhakathā: 1