Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika
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Indian Philosophy : Melody and Millstone
Comprehensive review of Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya’s What is Living and What is Dead in Indian Philosophy by Dr. G. Ramakrishna. Utilizing Marxist methodology, the text exposes how idealist philosophy served ruling class interests, while defending India’s materialist traditions—Lokāyata, Sāṁkhya, and Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika—which championed rationalism, empirical practice, and scientific inquiry.
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Commentators on the Cārvākasūtra:
A Critical SurveyThis critical survey examines thirty surviving commentary fragments of the lost Cārvākasūtra. It analyzes four key commentators—Kambalāśvatara, Purandara, Aviddhakarṇa, and Udbhaṭa—highlighting how late commentators introduced Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika concepts, diverged from classical monist materialism into dualist interpretations, and maintained perception as the primary pramāṇa while accepting verifiable empirical inference.
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Cārvāka Miscellany – I
The notes propose to throw light on certain aspects of materialism in ancient India and point out some longstanding errors that have gone unnoticed. Some links are also sought to be established between the pre-Cārvāka materialism and the Cārvāka/Lokāyata system that emerged in or around the sixth/seventh century CE.