03-28-2004, 08:20 PM
Sorry for the typo in the earlier post, now corrected
The quotes from chArvAka survive in many texts not directly chArvAka, suggesting that the indians did study this material
eg:
-jAbAli's lecture to rAma in rAmAyaNa
-The commentaries of the bauddha AchAryas shAntarakShita and kamalashIla
-vAchaspati mishra's bhAmatI. He was known as sarvatantra svatantra that is on every philosophy he had his on unique viewpoint.
-mAdhavAcharya's sarvadarshaNa sa~ngraha, he call chArvAka as the chUDAmaNi of the nAstIka schools.
-prabodhachandrodaya of kR^ishNamishra: a satirical play on chArvAka.
-viShNu purANa gives the summary of the doctrine of chArvAka as a teaching of viShNu to the daityas.
"nihatasya pashor yaGYne svarga prAptir yadiShyate | sva pitA yajamAnena kin nu tasmAd na hanyate |"
If the animal sacrificed attains svarga then why not sacrifice ones own father? the chArvAka thus challenges the logic of sacrifices
-the mahAbhArata explains that chArvAka a friend of duryodhAna was killed by the incantations of brahmins at the rAjasUya of the paNDavas
The quotes from chArvAka survive in many texts not directly chArvAka, suggesting that the indians did study this material
eg:
-jAbAli's lecture to rAma in rAmAyaNa
-The commentaries of the bauddha AchAryas shAntarakShita and kamalashIla
-vAchaspati mishra's bhAmatI. He was known as sarvatantra svatantra that is on every philosophy he had his on unique viewpoint.
-mAdhavAcharya's sarvadarshaNa sa~ngraha, he call chArvAka as the chUDAmaNi of the nAstIka schools.
-prabodhachandrodaya of kR^ishNamishra: a satirical play on chArvAka.
-viShNu purANa gives the summary of the doctrine of chArvAka as a teaching of viShNu to the daityas.
"nihatasya pashor yaGYne svarga prAptir yadiShyate | sva pitA yajamAnena kin nu tasmAd na hanyate |"
If the animal sacrificed attains svarga then why not sacrifice ones own father? the chArvAka thus challenges the logic of sacrifices
-the mahAbhArata explains that chArvAka a friend of duryodhAna was killed by the incantations of brahmins at the rAjasUya of the paNDavas