Heterodox
The Ājīvikas, Cārvāka materialism and the other śramaṇa currents outside the Vedas.
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People4
- Makkhali GosalaMakkhali Gosala was the teacher regarded as the founder of the Ajivika order, known only thro…
- Pakudha KaccayanaPakudha Kaccayana was a teacher of the Buddha's period who held that reality consists of seve…
- Purana KassapaPurana Kassapa was a teacher contemporary with the Buddha, reported as holding that actions h…
- Sanjaya BelatthiputtaSanjaya Belatthiputta was a sceptical teacher of the Buddha's time, characterised in the Pali…
Concepts8
- AjivikaThe Ajivikas were an ascetic order of ancient India holding that everything is determined by…
- AjnanaAjnana was the sceptical current among the shramana movements, holding that knowledge of meta…
- Astika and nastikaAstika and nastika are the terms by which Indian philosophical schools were sorted into ortho…
- CharvakaCharvaka is the materialist school of Indian philosophy, which accepted only perception as a…
- LokayataLokayata is the older name for Indian materialism, later used interchangeably with Charvaka,…
- NiyatiNiyati is the principle of unalterable fate that governed Ajivika doctrine, holding that ever…
- ShramanaShramana was the general term for the wandering renouncers of early India who rejected Vedic…
- The six teachersThe six teachers are the rival contemporaries of the Buddha whose doctrines are set out and d…