History and Doctrines of the Ajivikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c22.s2.34

c22.s2.34

It seems that within the later Ājīvika sect at least two schools emerged. With the first, typified by the Ājīvika teacher in Maṇimēkalai, Niyati was pushed more and more into the background. With the second, whose doctrines are discussed in Nilakēci, the Niyati doctrine developed into Avicalita-nityatvam, and new features emerged, which will be discussed in the following chapters.