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Dedication

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

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MAIN MATTER

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?

IV. 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

IX. 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: A 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?

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