Carvaka

GPTKB entity

Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:philosophy
gptkbp:allows perception as valid knowledge
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Lokayata
gptkbp:criticizedFor gptkb:Buddhism
Jains
Hindu philosophers
gptkbp:emphasizes empiricism
direct perception
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Carvaka
gptkbp:influenced Indian materialist thought
gptkbp:influencedBy ancient Indian skepticism
gptkbp:knownFor secondary sources
gptkbp:namedAfter Brihaspati (attributed founder)
gptkbp:notableFor Barhaspatya Sutras (lost)
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Vedas
afterlife
karma
reincarnation
rituals
soul
supernatural
inference as valid knowledge
testimony as valid knowledge
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:India
gptkbp:period 6th century BCE or earlier
gptkbp:philosophy materialism
gptkbp:scripture lost
gptkbp:teaches pursuit of pleasure
rejection of asceticism
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lokayata
gptkb:Non-theistic_schools_of_Hinduism
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6