Carvaka

Carvaka, also frequently transliterated as Charvaka, and also known as Lokayata, is a thoroughly materialist and atheist school of thought with ancient roots in India.

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Carvaka philosophy appears to have died out sometime after 1400 CE. No original text of the Carvaka School of philosophy has been preserved. Its principal works are known only from fragments cited by its Hindu and Buddhist opponents.

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Carvaka: Destruction of Original Works ►

Transliterated: REDIRECT Transliteration...

Materialist: REDIRECT Materialism...

Atheist: REDIRECT Atheism...

~ Table of Content ~

►	Introduction
►	Destruction of Original Works
►	Madhavacharya and Carvaka System
►	Brihaspati and Lokayata
►	Hinduism, Buddhism & Jainism vs. Lokayata
►	Abul Fazl on Lokayata
►	Lokayata on the role of Women
►	Bibliography

►	FR: Chârvâka

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