History and Doctrines of the Ajivikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c17.s2.39
History and Doctrines of the Ājīvikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c17.s2.39
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c17.s2.39
The futility of Bhandarkar's attempt to escape this conclusion is evident without long comment. The term Ājīvika, on his interpretation of Utpala, does not "refer" to worshippers of Nārāyaṇa, but "is used as a mark to denote" them. It does not "signify" them, but "simply indicates" them. For all these hair-splitting distinctions without difference Professor Bhandarkar cannot show that Utpala's phrase means any more than: "The word Ājīvika connotes a worshipper of Nārāyaṇa."