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(ii) Dagasoyariya—Dagasoyariyas (Skt. Dagašaukarikas) were a class of the Parivrājakas.1 They were called Sui, Sut72 or Sucivādi, since they emphasised upon the cleanliness and purity of the body and mind. An instance of their extremist views has been recorded in the Ācāranga Cūrņi which describes a Dagasoyariya mendicant as taking bath sixty-four times being touched by others. According to Malayagiri, they were the followers of the Sārkhya system of philosophy.*
(iii) Isaramata --The followers of this sect believed in the existence of God. They may be identified with the Naiyāyikas according to whom God was Creator of the Universe. They have been called Aiśvarakāraņikas by Bāņa.'
(iv) Kavila®— They were the followers of Kapila, the founder of the Sámkhya philosophy.
(v) Ulūkao — They were the followers of Ulūka, i. e. Kaņāda, the founder of the Vaiseșika philosophy. They must have adhered to the doctrines of their Master.
(vi) Kucciyalo- Kucciyas were the ascetics who grew beard and moustaches. They cannot be definitely identified with [ any particular sect. According to Pt. Nathuram Premi, however, Kürcaka monks belonged to the Digambara sect. 11
(vii-viii) Atma stitvavadi and Vetuliya or Nastitvavā dz—Another classification of the ascetics has been made in terms of those who believed in the existence of soul and others who denied
1. foli TITATI-NC. 3, p. 429; BỊh. V!. 3, p. 798. 2. gat Gu N C. 3, p. 585; Bih. VI. 3, p. 788. 3. Acārānga Cūrni, p. 21. 4. Pinda Niryukti Tikā, 314. 5. NC. 3, p. 195. 6. Upadhyāya, B. D., Bhāratiya Darsana, p. 274. 7. Harsacarita, Tr. p. 236, text pp. 265-66. 8. NO. 1, p. 15; NO. 3, p. 195. 9. NC. 1, p. 15. 10. google gio711-—NC. 3, p. 585; Brh. V . 1, 2822. 11. Anekānta, August-Sept., 1944.
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