The alleged founder of a materialist philosophical school in ancient Indian philosophy, whose name matches his customary garb—a hair blanket (kesha-kambal).
- Ajita was a Buddha contemporary, and information about him may be found in Buddhist texts.
- Human beings are made up of four components, according to Ajita's materialist philosophy, and these elements scatter after death, causing the person to cease to exist.
- Given this attitude, Ajita thought that one should enjoy life while one still could, savoring the good while tolerating the terrible, and that all religious observances were a waste of time and hope.
- Ajita was the first in a long line of materialists, with evidence of their viewpoint dating back to the ninth century of the Common Era.
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