144-147.
(9) One of the six Tirthyas (Tirthakas="erroneous teachers;" M.B., pp.

290-292, but I have not found the particulars of the attempts on Buddha's life referred to by Fa-Hsien), or Brahmanical opponents of Buddha.

He was an ascetic, one of the Jnati clan, and is therefore called Nirgranthajnati.

He taught a system of fatalism, condemned the use of clothes, and thought he could subdue all passions by fasting.
He had a body of followers, who called themselves by his name (Eitel, pp.

84, 85), and were the forerunners of the Jains.
(10) The king was moved to this by Devadatta.