Elements of South-Indian Palæography, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century A.D. c5.s3.10

c5.s3.10

The Niganthas (*i. e.* Nirgranthas) are frequently mentioned in the Pali “Dāṭhāvaṁso” (of the 12th cent.) as heretical enemies of the Buddhists who worshipped Vishṇu (see iii., 23); this answers to Jains, but certainly not to Çaiva Brahmans. The Nirgranthas are already mentioned in an Açoka edict.