History and Doctrines of the Ajivikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c23.s1.102
History and Doctrines of the Ājīvikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c23.s1.102
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c23.s1.102
*D e v a*, of which there are seven. Buddhaghosa takes this term as meaning gods, and naïvely states that there is in fact a very large number of gods, thus stressing the Ājīvika’s ignorance. The word should surely be interpreted adjectivally, as equivalent to the Sanskrit *daiva*, corresponding to the *satta divve* of the *Bhagavatī* list. These are the seven divine births in the Mānasa and Māṇusuttara heavens.