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History and Doctrines of the Ajivikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c26.5

History and Doctrines of the Ājīvikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c26.5

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ahetukavādin, one maintaining the doctrine of causelessness, 18, 227 ahiṃsā, the doctrine of non-violence, 18, 61, 123, 126 ; Ājīvika, 122 Aiyangar, K., 192, 197 Ajantā frescos, 107 Ajātasattu, k. of Magadha, 5, 11, 13, 67-77, 89 ; war with Licchavis, 69-70 Ajayapāla, lexicographer, 182-4 ājīva (Skt.), profession, 247 Ājīva, form of Ājīvika, 162-3, 182-3 Ājīvakini, Ājīvini, an Ājīvika nun, 139, 243 Ājīvik-a, -ism, passim ; an A. announces Buddha's death, 136 ; asceticism, 109-115 ; atomism, 262-6 ; before M.G., 94-101 ; begging and dietary practices, 118-123 ; Buddhists, relations with, 134-8 ; cosmology, ch. xiii, passim ; Dravidian, southern, 108, 115-16, 124-5, 174, ch. x, passim, 236, 255, 259, 262, 272, 279 ; epistemology, 274-5 ; etymology, 101-4 ; final penance, 127-38 ; influence, 279-283 ; initiation, 104-7 ; Jainas, relations with, 138-141 ; language, 219-220 ; last references to, 184-6 ; laymen, 131-6 ; leaders, before M.G., 27-34 ; in Nanda and Maurya periods, ch. viii, passim ; nudity, 107-9 ; origin, 94-101 ; place in Indian History, 283-8 ; -sabhā, 52-3, 115-17, 156 ; schools of, 239, 279-280 ; scriptures, 51, ch. xi, passim ; -seyyam, 125 ; solitary ascetics, 114 ; in Tamil literature, 196-203 ; worldliness and immorality, 123-7 Ajita Kesakambali, n.pr., 11, 17-23, 25, 55, 93, 218, 228 ; doctrine, 15 Ajjunna Gomāyuputta, n.pr., 56-7 Ajjuna Goyamaputta, n.pr., 32, 34, 57 [Figure: (illegible text)] 174 [Figure: (illegible text)] hology, 197 ākāśa, space, ether, 268 akriyāvād-a, the doctrine of the fruitlessness of works; -in, a believer in this doctrine, 174, 226-7, 281 akṣara, a syllabic letter of any Hindu script, 151 Ālabhiyā, pl., 32-3, 44, 133 n. 1 Ālavi, pl., 33 Ālvārs, Dravidian Vaiṣṇavite hymnodists, 281-2 Amara, lexicographer, 182 Ammarāja II, E. Cālukya k., 187 anāgāmī, one who will not be reborn on earth, 95 anaikkamanijjāim (Pkt.), inevitables, 254-6 Ānanda, disciple of Buddha, 18-20, 27, 133 Ānanda, disciple of Mahāvīra, 59, 140, 216 Anantamānasa, Buddhist heaven, 135 n. 2, 261 Anantavarman Maukhari, chieftain, 153-5, 158 anassāsikāni brahmacariyāni (Pāli), v. vocations anātma, soullessness, 199 Āndhra, pl., 196 anekāntavāda, a doctrine of epistemological relativity, 202 Anekārtha-saṅgraha, lexicon, 182 Aṅga, pl., 5 aṅga, text of Jaina canon, 178 Aṅgamaṇḍira, pl., 32 Āṅgiras, n.pr., 30 Aṅguttara Nikāya, Pāli scripture, 20, 27, 54, 106, 133, 135, 243; quoted, 133 n. 2 animism, 5, 283-4 annihilationist, 95 Anotatta, lake, 251 antara-kappa, lesser æon, 243 Antariñjikā, pl., 177 Anthologies, Tamil, 196-7 antinomian-ism, 18-19, 21-2, 168, 228, 239, 261, 271 antitheses to the higher life, 18, 228 aṇu, atom, 265, 268 Anurādhapura, pl., 146 apāṇagāim (Pkt.), v. substitutes for drink apsaras, a celestial nymph, 249 Āpta-n, title of M.G., 79, 125, 244, 276 Āpūraṇa, son of Kaśyapa, 90 ārāma, a park or garden, 135 Āraṇyaka, Brāhmaṇic scripture, 98 Aroot Dist. of Madras, 188-190