History and Doctrines of the Ajivikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c17.s3.41

c17.s3.41

The summary of the *Dṛṣṭivāda* continues with a description of the contents of its second part, *suttāim*. It is stated that the doctrines of all four sects are contained therein, and are repeated in the form of *sūtras* in both orthodox and heretical recensions. Each of the four sects has twenty-two *sūtras*, of which those of the orthodox are in the form of separate aphorisms (*chiṇṇa-cheaṇaāim*), while the Ājīvika *sūtras* are combined, and the *sūtras* of the Trairāśikas and the Catuṣkanayikas are arranged with reference to the three or four *nayas* of the respective sects.⁴ Here the Ājīvikas are again referred to as followers of Gosāla’s doctrines, and the Trairāśikas also are said to be called Ājīvikas.⁵