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Dictionary definition: Cārvāka
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Cārvāka.
A school of Indian materialism, also known as Lokāyata dārśana (i.e. restricting truth to this world (
loka
)). The traditional founder is said to have been Bṛhaspati, of uncertain date (
c.
6th cent. BCE?) to whom is attributed
Bārhaspati Sūtra
, a work which has long since disappeared, although it ...
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Dictionary definition: Lokāyata
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions;
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...Lokāyata. Hindu philosophy restricting truth and reality to this world ( loka ) only, hence a name for the school of Cārvāka .
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