Pakudha Kaccayana
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6th-century BCE Indian philosopher
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, was an Indian teacher and philosopher who lived around the 6th century BCE, contemporaneous with Mahavira and the Buddha. He was an atomist who believed in atomism which believed that everything is made of seven eternal elements – earth, water, fire, air, happiness, pain and soul.