One of the six teachers at the time of the Buddha.

One of the six outsider teachers defeated by the Buddha at Śrāvastī.

One of the six philosophical extremists who lived during the time of Buddha Śākyamuni.

See “Ajita of the hair shawl.”

An Indian ascetic who propounded the extreme of annihilation (ucchedavāda). In most Tibetan canonical translations his name is rendered mi pham skra’i la ba can, and the Tib. mi dkar ba as found here is, rather, one of several renderings of the Sanskrit name Asita.

One of the six tīrthika teachers contemporaneous with Śākyamuni.