History and Doctrines of the Ajivikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c15.s1.7

c15.s1.7

Dr. Barua² has pointed out the parallel between the series one-house men (*ekāgārikā*), two-house men (*dvāgārikā*), and seven-house men (*sattāgārikā*), in the above passage, and that in the *Aupapātika Sūtra* already quoted,³ describing the seven types of Ājīvika mendicant. These include *dugharantariyā*, *tigharantariyā*, and *sattagharantariyā*, and on the strength of this similarity Barua has suggested that the two passages may have a common source in an Ājīvika text.