More Studies on the Carvaka/Lokayata

This book is a sequel to the author's Studies on the Carvaka/Lokayata. Materialism appeared with different names at least from the sixth and fifth centuries BCE, the time of the Buddha. Some evidence of materialist thought is also found in the Upania'GBPads. The epic, Ramayaa'a, features Jabali, a proto-materialist character who denies the existence of the Other World, heaven and hell. Full-fledged materialist doctrines are also available in the works of the various opponents of materialism. The book deals with both the Pre-Carvakas and the Carvakas. For some unknown reason, all texts, including commentaries, of the Carvaka/Lokayata were lost after the twelfth century CE. However, on the basis of available fragments, the fundamental tenets of this system can still be reconstructed. This text contains the results of the most recent research in materialism in India.