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Charvaka Darshana (चार्वाकदर्शनम्) (view source)
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Charvaka (IAST: Cārvāka), originally known as Lokāyata and Bṛhaspatya, is the ancient school of Indian materialism. The School of Charvaka (those of sweet-talk)or Lokayata (those of the world) pre-dates the Buddha and Mahavira; and has a
Charvaka, also called Lokayata (Sanskrit: “Worldly Ones”), a quasi-philosophical Indian school of materialists who rejected the notion of an afterworld, karma, liberation (''moksha''), the authority of the sacred scriptures, the Vedas, and the immortality of the self. Of the recognized means of knowledge (''pramana''), the Charvaka recognized only direct perception (''anubhava''). Sources critical of the school depict its followers as hedonists advocating a policy of total opportunism; they are often described as addressing princes, whom they urged to act exclusively in their own self-interest, thus providing the intellectual climate in which a text such as Kautilya’s ''Arthashastra''(“The Science of Material Gain”) could be written.
Although Charvaka doctrine had disappeared by the end of the medieval period, its onetime importance is confirmed by the lengthy attempts to refute it found in both Buddhist and orthodox Hindu philosophical texts, which also constitute the main sources for knowledge of the doctrine.
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Charvaka (IAST: Cārvāka), originally known as Lokāyata and Bṛhaspatya, '''is the ancient school of Indian materialism'''. The School of Charvaka (those of sweet-talk) or Lokayata (those of the world) pre-dates the Buddha and Mahavira; and has a
history of nearly about three thousand years. Thus, the various schools of
history of nearly about three thousand years. Thus, the various schools of
materialism or rationalism which denied a surviving soul and refused to believe
materialism or rationalism which denied a surviving soul and refused to believe
Buddha. The Charvaka was prominent among the materialist schools of the sixth
Buddha. The Charvaka was prominent among the materialist schools of the sixth
century BCE. The influence of this heterodox doctrine is seen in other spheres
century BCE. The influence of this heterodox doctrine is seen in other spheres
of Indian thought.
of Indian thought.
* Charvaka holds direct perception as proper sources of knowledge hence they rule out ‘inference’ and ‘testimony’ as the source and criterion of knowledge.
* Charvaka holds direct perception as proper sources of knowledge hence they rule out ‘inference’ and ‘testimony’ as the source and criterion of knowledge.
* Its philosophy embraces philosophical skepticism and rejects Vedas, Vedic ritualism and supernaturalism.
* Its philosophy embraces philosophical skepticism and rejects Vedas, Vedic ritualism and supernaturalism.