History and Doctrines of the Ajivikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c15.s5.27

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That of Migāra is not the only example of conversions from Ājīvikism to Buddhism. The ascetics Upaka and Jambuka and the unnamed Ājīvika layman of Kosambi have already been mentioned.² The *kulūpaga brāhmaṇa* Ājīvika of the Mauryan court, Janasāna, is also said to have been converted to Buddhism.³ The wanderer Sandaka, who seems to have owed loose allegiance to Makkhali Gosāla, is another case in point.⁴ That strong animosity, aroused by rivalry in conversion, continued among the less tolerant members of both communities may be inferred from Aśoka’s pleas for mutual forbearance and respect among the sects of his time.⁵