Sometimes used as a plural. A type of gaṇa (gana) or group of sages or ascetics, just like Bālakhilya (Balakhilya). This is explained by Nīlakaṇtha (Nilakantha), the annotator of Mahābharata (Mahabharata)—
ajādayaḥ vālakhilyavad ṛṣīṇāṃ gaṇaviśeṣāḥ.
Sometimes used as a plural. A type of gaṇa (gana) or group of sages or ascetics, just like Bālakhilya (Balakhilya). This is explained by Nīlakaṇtha (Nilakantha), the annotator of Mahābharata (Mahabharata)—
ajādayaḥ vālakhilyavad ṛṣīṇāṃ gaṇaviśeṣāḥ.