History and Doctrines of the Ajivikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c17.s6.19

c17.s6.19

No doubt the surviving Ājīvikas compromised with the doctrines and customs of the more popular faiths around them; as a little known minor community they would often be confused with the greater sects; thus Utpala declares that they were ekadaṇḍin Vaiṣṇavites¹; the commentator to the *Ācārasāra* believes them to be Buddhists²; and in the Jaina Tamil work *Nīlakēci* the Ājīvika leader declares that his followers are not Digambaras, although they might be mistaken for them.³