History and Doctrines of the Ajivikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c15.s1.26

c15.s1.26

One minor rule of Ājīvika begging practice is that recorded by Jiṇapaha Sūri, already noted in another context.² His *Vihimaggapavā* states that the ascetic followers of Gosāla did not beg food of their female relations, because Gosāla himself was once disappointed at not receiving alms, presumably from his own kin.