History and Doctrines of the Ajivikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c23.s1.46

c23.s1.46

The list of colours given in *Civañāṇa-cittiyār* seems to be without order: white (*veṇmai*), golden (*poṉmai*), red (*cemmai*), blue (*nīl*), pure white (*kaḷi-veṇmai*), and green (*paccai*).⁷ The black of the other two lists is omitted. The disorderly arrangement of the colours seems to indicate that the author of Civañāṉa-cittiyār was unaware of their full significance; apparently at this late stage of Ājīvikism the doctrine of abhijāti was becoming confused.