History and Doctrines of the Ajivikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c15.s6.5
History and Doctrines of the Ājīvikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c15.s6.5
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c15.s6.5
a nirgrantha layman is said to have defiled an image or picture (*pratimā*) of the Buddha, as a result of which desecration the Emperor Aśoka ordered the destruction of all the *ājīvikas* in the region.¹ Here the terms seem plainly intended to be taken synonymously, in striking contrast to Aśoka’s own inscription, where the two sects are sharply distinguished.²