This volume is the first attempt at a scientific study of the Carvaka/Lokayata, the materialist system of philosophy that flourished in ancient India between the eighth and the twelfth century CE.
This volume is the first attempt at a scientific study of the Carvaka/Lokayata, the materialist system of philosophy that flourished in ancient India between the eighth and the twelfth century CE.
Ramkrishna Bhattacharya is an Emeritus Fellow in English, University Grants Commission, New Delhi. He was previously a Reader in the Department of English at Anandamohan College, Kolkata and a Guest Lecturer with the postgraduate faculty of English at the University of Calcutta.
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Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations I. Origin of Materialism in India: Royal or Popular? II. Jain Sources for the Study of Pre-Carvaka Materialist Ideas in India III. Ajita Kesakambala: Nihilist or Materialist? V. Perception and Inference in the Carvaka Philosophy V. Commentators of the ‘Carvakasutra’ VI. Carvaka Fragments: New Collection VII. On the Authenticity of an Alleged Carvaka Aphorism VIII. ‘Paurandarasutra’ Revisited X. What Did the Carvaka-s Mean by ‘sukham jivet’? X. Samkhya, Yoga and Lokayata in the ‘Kautiliya Arthasastra’: A Re-View XI. Yogacara Against the Carvaka: Critical Survey of ‘Tattvasamgraha’, Chapter 22 XII. Jayantabhatta’s Representation of the Carvaka: Critique XIII. What does Udayana mean by ‘lokavyavaharasiddha iti carvakah’? XIV. Hemacandra on the Carvaka: Study XV. Haribhadra’s ‘Saddarsanasamuccaya’, Verses 81-84: Study’ XVI. The Significance of ‘Lokayata’ in Pali XVII. On ‘Lokayata’ and ‘Lokayatana’ in Buddhist Sanskrit XVIII. ‘Lokayata’ and ‘Lokayatana’ in Sanskrit Dictionaries XIX. ‘rnam krtva ghrtam pibet’ –Who Said This? XX. ‘jivika dhatṛnirmita or jiviketi brhaspatih?’ XXI. ‘mrtanamapi jantunam...’ XXII. Carvaka/Lokayata Philosophy: Perso-Arabic Sources XXIII. What is meant by ‘Nastika’ in the ‘Nyayasutra’ Commentary? Bibliography
Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations I. Origin of Materialism in India: Royal or Popular? II. Jain Sources for the Study of Pre-Carvaka Materialist Ideas in India III. Ajita Kesakambala: Nihilist or Materialist? V. Perception and Inference in the Carvaka Philosophy V. Commentators of the ‘Carvakasutra’ VI. Carvaka Fragments: New Collection VII. On the Authenticity of an Alleged Carvaka Aphorism VIII. ‘Paurandarasutra’ Revisited X. What Did the Carvaka-s Mean by ‘sukham jivet’? X. Samkhya, Yoga and Lokayata in the ‘Kautiliya Arthasastra’: A Re-View XI. Yogacara Against the Carvaka: Critical Survey of ‘Tattvasamgraha’, Chapter 22 XII. Jayantabhatta’s Representation of the Carvaka: Critique XIII. What does Udayana mean by ‘lokavyavaharasiddha iti carvakah’? XIV. Hemacandra on the Carvaka: Study XV. Haribhadra’s ‘Saddarsanasamuccaya’, Verses 81-84: Study’ XVI. The Significance of ‘Lokayata’ in Pali XVII. On ‘Lokayata’ and ‘Lokayatana’ in Buddhist Sanskrit XVIII. ‘Lokayata’ and ‘Lokayatana’ in Sanskrit Dictionaries XIX. ‘rnam krtva ghrtam pibet’ –Who Said This? XX. ‘jivika dhatṛnirmita or jiviketi brhaspatih?’ XXI. ‘mrtanamapi jantunam...’ XXII. Carvaka/Lokayata Philosophy: Perso-Arabic Sources XXIII. What is meant by ‘Nastika’ in the ‘Nyayasutra’ Commentary? Bibliography
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