History and Doctrines of the Ajivikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c14.s5.22
History and Doctrines of the Ājīvikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c14.s5.22
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c14.s5.22
That the Ājīvikas continued to practise severe asceticism at a late period is shown by one of our most recent sources, the Tamil *Civañāṉa-cittiyār*, which speaks of them as prescribing great suffering to all souls (as a necessary means of salvation).⁴