Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie orientale

Journal | Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie orientale
Journal issue | 53 | 2017
Research Article | Who Are the lokāyatika brāhmaṇas? 

Who Are the lokāyatika brāhmaṇas? 

Abstract

The paper seeks to identify the lokāyatika brāhmaṇas mentioned in the Tipiṭaka and concludes, after comparing a reference to the lokāyatika brāhmaṇa in the Rāmāyaṇa, that the word lokāyatika in both the contexts refers to an argumentative brāhmaṇa, not a materialist.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Submitted: Nov. 16, 2015 | Accepted: March 4, 2016 | Published June 20, 2017 | Language: en

Keywords MaterialismLokāyatika brāhmaṇasLokāyata


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