History and Doctrines of the Ajivikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c26.6

c26.6

Ardha-māgadhī, the dialect of Pkt. in which the Śvetāmbara Jaina scriptures are written, 25, 35, 252 Ardhanārīśvara, god, 155 arhant, an Ājīvika, Jaina, or Buddhist saint of the highest rank; Ā., 28, 29, 56, 79, 140, 244, 259; Jaina, 168, 201 Arjuna, mathematician, 34; hero, 57 Arkacandra, n.pr. 199 Arthaśāstra, text on polity, 120, 127, 161; quoted, 161 n. 1 Aruṇandi Śivācārya, Tamil Śaivite author, 203 Āryans, 4-6, 8, 44, 162, 196, 284-5 Āryāvarta, pl., 8 asaññi-gabbha (Pāli), unconscious births, 248-9 asceticism, 12; Ājīvika, 4, 104-115; v. also penance ascetics, types of, 165, 169-171, 181, 184 Ashibika, Japanese form of Ā., 112 Aśoka, emperor, 53, 97, 127, 136, 138-9, 146-154, 156-7, 159, 161, 193, 196, 278, 286 āśrama, hermitage, 98; stage of life, 99, 162 Assagutta, n.pr., 147 astrolog-y, -er, 7, 127, 168-170, 184-5 asura, a type of demon, 70, 163; modes of existence as, 256 Āśvalāyana Śrauta Sūtra, Brāhmaṇic text, 103 Atharva Veda, 286 atom-ism, Ā., 17, 19, 91, 232, 238, 262-6, 284; Ā., in relation to other Indian atomic doctrines, 267-270 (Jaina, 267; Vaiśeṣika, 267-8; Buddhist, 268-9) Atreya, n.pr., 57 aulambalam, avalambalam, tax, 190 Aupapātika Sūtra, Jaina scripture, 111, 119-120, 140, 204, 261 Avaṇi, pl., inscription, 188, 191-2, 195 Avanti, pl., 286