• Charvaka (Sanskrit: चार्वाक; IAST: Cārvāka), also known as Lokāyata, is an ancient school of Indian materialism. It is considered as one example of the...
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    heterodox (nāstika or sramanic) schools—Jain, Buddhist, Ajivika, Ajñana, and Charvaka. The āstika group embraces the Vedas as an essential source of its foundations...
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  • the first known proponent of Indian materialism, and forerunner to the Charvaka school. He was probably a contemporary of the Buddha and Mahavira. It has...
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  • Brhaspati), or Lokāyata sutras are the foundational texts of the nastika Charvaka school of materialist philosophy. This text has been lost, and is known...
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  • death. The subtle material body follows the soul throughout rebirths. The Charvaka school of thought asserts that we have only one life, rejecting the idea...
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    of materialism and anti-theism. Its tenets are at the foundation of the Charvaka school of non-orthodox Indian philosophy. The Brihaspati Sutras manuscript...
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    Jeung San Do Seon Buddhism Suwunism Won Buddhism Ajivika Ajñana Buddhism Charvaka Jainism Bön (Tibet / Nepal) Kirat Mundhum Newar Buddhism Ahom religion...
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  • unorthodox (nastika) systems, such as Buddhism, Jainism, Ajivika, Ajnana, Charvaka etc. as well as other schools such as Raseswera, Paninya, Pratyabhijna...
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    Religion Dravidian folk religion Hinduism Jainism Buddhism Śramaṇa Ājīvika Charvaka Regions South India (Dravida) Sri Lanka South Asia People Dravidian peoples...
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  • Parnami Amba Sanyal as Bhanu Ajji Faraz Khan as Vinay Vinay Shukla as Charvaka Rupesh Tillu as Ajay Anand Gandhi conceived the story while he was nursing...
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  • philosophy, the human body is made of these five elements. However, the Chārvāka system of materialism did not accept Akasha as a basic element as it is...
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    Brahmacharya Satya Dāna Damah Dayā Akrodha Schools Āstika: Samkhya Yoga Nyaya Vaisheshika Mīmāṃsā Vedanta Dvaita Advaita Vishishtadvaita Nāstika: Charvaka...
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    It is believed that some Charvaka thinkers may have participated in the symposium. In "Naastika," Fazl refers to the Charvaka law-makers emphasizing "good...
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    Other schools Shaiva Kapalika Pashupata Pratyabhijña Vaishnava Pancharatra Charvaka Gurus, sants, philosophers Ancient Agastya Angiras Aruni Ashtavakra Atri...
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    six "orthodox" (āstika) schools. However, śramaṇa traditions, such as Charvaka, Ajivika, Buddhism, and Jainism, which did not regard the Vedas as authoritative...
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    Other schools Shaiva Kapalika Pashupata Pratyabhijña Vaishnava Pancharatra Charvaka Gurus, sants, philosophers Ancient Agastya Angiras Aruni Ashtavakra Atri...
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  • not, to differentiate various Indian schools from Jainism, Buddhism and Charvaka. According to Klaus Klostermaier, the term Vaidika dharma is the earliest...
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  • September 2013. Chishti, Seema (21 August 2018). "Indian rationalism, Charvaka to Narendra Dabholkar". The Indian Express. "Rationalist Dabholkar shot...
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  • and sexuality Amoralism Antinomianism Bacchanalia Bohemianism Cainites Charvaka Cyrenaics Decadence Hellfire Club Hookup culture Epicureanism Free love...
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  • Census; number of their adherents up". 1 August 2016. "Indian rationalism, Charvaka to Narendra Dabholkar". 21 August 2018. D, John Samuel Raja (24 July 2014)...
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  • Renaissance - Cartesianism - Categorical imperative - Chance, Philosophy of - Charvaka - Chinese naturalism - Christian existentialism - Christian humanism -...
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    Other schools Shaiva Kapalika Pashupata Pratyabhijña Vaishnava Pancharatra Charvaka Gurus, sants, philosophers Ancient Agastya Angiras Aruni Ashtavakra Atri...
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    Navya-Nyāya Gangesha Upadhyaya Vaisheshika Kanada Nāstika (heterodox) Ājīvika Charvaka Kashmir Shaivism Abhinavagupta Pratyabhijna Tantra Tamil Valluvam Valluvar...
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  • philosophies, sometimes referred to as heterodox schools, are Buddhism, Jainism, Chārvāka, Ājīvika, and Ajñana. However, this orthodox-heterodox terminology is a...
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    Charvaka Ājīvika Buddhism Jainism Ajñana...
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