History and Doctrines of the Ajivikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c18.s2.11
History and Doctrines of the Ājīvikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c18.s2.11
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c18.s2.11
As already noticed,³ *Cilappatikāram* gives evidence of the existence of a community of Ājīvika ascetics at Madurā, whose order the father of the heroine Kaṇṇaki entered on the death of his daughter. They are described as "saints with the mien of gods, Ājīvikas (performing) severe penances".⁴ This indicates that Ājīvikas were at least occasionally respected and it gives no suggestion of slackness or hypocrisy among their monks.