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Nirgrantha

Nirgrantha "Freed from all ties," a naked mendicant; devotees who are free from all ties, wander naked, and cover themselves with ashes. Mahāvīra (Mahavira), one of this sect, called Jñāti after his family, and also Nirgrantha-jñātiputra, was an opponent of Śākyamuni (Sakyamuni). His doctrines were determinist, everything being fated, and no religious practices could change one's lot.

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