History and Doctrines of the Ajivikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c15.s3.15
History and Doctrines of the Ājīvikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c15.s3.15
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c15.s3.15
The six months’ penance here described appears to have something in common with the fatal penance of the Jainas, and shows conclusively that the Ājīvika ascetic of greatest sanctity, like the Jaina, and less regularly the Hindu, cheerfully died a lingering death for the sake of his spiritual welfare.