ABSTRACT
From the Jaina account of Goœâla in the Teya-nisagga we learn that the Âjîvikas had some kind of a canon consisting of a set of sacred texts called Mahânimitta, i.e. Books of Great Omens. It was a group of eight canonical books (aóga) where apparently, as the title indicates, divination must have played an important role. These are enumerated in the Jaina canonical book Þhâòaôgasutta (Skt. Sthânâóga-sûtra),94 as well as in Abhayadeva-sûri’s commentary on the respective portion of Chapter 15 the Viyâha-pannatti.95
