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Carvakas

6 articles in the archive discuss Carvakas, from Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, Sambodhi, The Indian Historical Quarterly (1941–2009). Open any article for its summary, citation and original PDF.

6 articles

Articles discussing Carvakas

  1. The Carvakas and the Jains: An Overview

    Ram Krishna Bhattacharya · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 2008

    “The Carvakas, the Buddhists and the Jains share a common platform in the Indian philosophical scene in as much as they all refused to accept the Vedas as an instrument of cognition on a par with perception and inference.”
  2. Jain Sources for the Study of Pre-Carvaka Materialist Ideas in India

    Ram Krishna Bhattacharya · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 2004

  3. Pre-Carvaka Materialism in Vasudevahimdi

    Ram Krishna Bhattacharya · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 2009

  4. Indian Concepts of Matter

    J. C. Sikdar · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1988

    “Matter has been studied by every system of Indian philosophy in its own manner. Bhiita' of the Carvakas, prakrti? of the Sankhya-Yoga, jada-dravya® of the Nyaya-Vaisesika* and the Mimamsaka®, rapa® of the Buddhists, maya’ of the Sankara-Vedanta, acit of the Ramanuja-Vedanta® and pudgala® of Jaina philosophy are only diverse views on this problem.”
  5. Philosophy of Language – An Indian Perspective

    V. N. Jha · Sambodhi, 1990

  6. Somatism of Vedic Psychology

    R. N. Dandekar · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1941