History and Doctrines of the Ajivikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c23.s1.22

c23.s1.22

*A b h i j ā t i*. Classes of men. These we have already discussed in another context.¹ The Ājīvika sixfold classification is given in full in the *Aṅguttara*, where it is ascribed to Pūraṇa Kassapa.² The *Aṅguttara* passage is borrowed, with few alterations, by Buddhaghosa.³ That the Ājīvikas divided humanity into six groups, classified according to their psychic colour, is confirmed by Tamil sources.