History and Doctrines of the Ajivikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c17.s6.12

c17.s6.12

At about the same time, or perhaps a little earlier,² Guṇaratna, the Jaina commentator of Haribhadra’s *Ṣaddarśana-samuccaya*, although not using the term Ājīvika, shows a sound knowledge of the doctrines of the *niyativādins*, and names one of their founders, Pūraṇa.³ It is probable that he too obtained his knowledge from Dravidian sources.