Carvaka Naturalism Schools Indian Philosophy Eastern Philosophy

Carvaka Naturalism Schools Indian Philosophy Eastern Philosophy

Materialistic non-Vedic tradition of early Indian thought, variously called Carvaka (Charvaka) or Lokayata. Its founder, who may have been called Carvaka, Lokayata or Brihaspati, lived around the 6th century BC. No Carvakan writings have survived; the school is known largely through the polemics of its enemies. The school died out around the end of the first millennium AD.

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Carvaka - Article from the Swaveda Forum for Hindu Studies, detailing the basic doctrines of this ancient school of materialistic thought.
Atheism in Ancient India. - An evaluation of the Carvaka school from a modern Hindu perspective.
The Materialistic Thought In India - Speech delivered in 1990 by Avula Sambasiva Rao, pointing out the deep roots which materialistic thought has in Indian philosophy, with particular reference to Carvaka and Jaina thought.

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