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.
Submitted: Nov. 16, 2015 | Accepted: March 4, 2016 | Published June 20, 2017 | Language: en
Keywords Materialism • Lokāyatika brāhmaṇas • Lokāyata
Copyright © 2017 Ramkrishna Bhattacharya. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
Permalink http://doi.org/10.14277/2385-3042/AnnOr-53-17-6
