History and Doctrines of the Ajivikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c18.s2.62
History and Doctrines of the Ājīvikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c18.s2.62
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c18.s2.62
Dr. Pathak also quotes a commentary to Nemicandra's *Trilokasāra* by Mādhavacandra, another Southern Digambara, who disagrees with Vīranandi and Vaṭṭakera, and, like the *Aupapātika Sūtra*,³ forecasts an even more exalted destiny for Ājīvika ascetics. Ājīvika ascetics, who eat *kāñji*, etc., will reach Acyutakalpa, the last stage before *nirvāṇa*, but will go no further, while the naked *carakas*, and the *parivrājakas* with one or three staves, will be reborn in the lower heaven of Brahmakalpa.⁴ This statement is confirmed by the Canarese commentator, Padmaprabha Traividya.⁵