History and Doctrines of the Ajivikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c17.s1.45
History and Doctrines of the Ājīvikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c17.s1.45
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In the same text we find that “renowned *maskarins*, who had correctly learnt the truths of the soul”,⁴ attended the court of Harṣa’s father, Prabhākaravardhana. These are evidently orthodox ascetics. The lexicographers also show that the *maskarin* and the Ājīvika were, from the doctrinal point of view, in different categories.⁵