Ajita Kesakambalin was a ____.

Philosopher

The correct answer is Option (2) → Philosopher

Ajita Kesakambalin was a Philosopher.

Ajita Kesakambalai belonged to the tradition of the Lokayatas,  usually described as materialists. Texts from this tradition have not survived, so we know about them only from the works of other traditions.

This is what a philosopher named Ajita Kesakambalin taught:

“There is no such thing, O king, as alms or sacrifice, or offerings … there is no such thing as this world or the next …

A human being is made up of the four elements. When he dies the earthy in him returns to the earth, the fluid to water, the heat to fire, the windy to air, and his senses pass into space …

The talk of gifts is a doctrine of fools, an empty lie … fools and wise alike are cut off and perish. They do not survive after death.”