Q. Lokayata texts
Erik Hoogcarspel
jehms at GLOBALXS.NL
Fri Feb 13 21:46:29 UTC 1998
Op 13-feb-98 schreef Jacob Baltuch:
>Oops. I wrote:
>>>Want to know the titles of texts on Lokayata philosophy in Sanskrit
>>>and other Indian languages. I read that Madhava Vidyaranya's
>>>Sarva Darshana Samgraha has few quotations. Where can I find
>>>Brhaspati's sutras taught to Indra? Is there a complete text
>>>in Sanskrit on Lokayatam?
>>
>>I have a vague recollection of having seen a mention of an article
>>by A.L.Basham (who I suppose should be the same as the other one)
>>on the naastika, lookaayata and other caarvaaka somewhere but I can't
>>remember where. If you find it (assuming it really exists:) maybe
>>that could be a a source of sources for you.
>Two important details: it wasn't a paper but a book and it wasn't
>about the lokaayata but the aajiivika. Wrong extinct sect. Sorry.
For anyone who wants to know: A.L. Basham, 'History and Doctrines of the
AjIvika's' Motilal Banarsidas Delhi 1981 repr.
More information about the INDOLOGY
mailing list