CHARVAKA (LOKAYATA) PHILOSOPHY: HISTORY, PRINCIPLES, BELIEFS, RECENT RELEVANCE AND CRITICISM
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Happiness, charvaka philosophy.Abstract
According to charvaka “Happiness is the only goal of life”. Thus everyone wants to get this happiness. But the way or method to get it is differ from man to man and country to country. In the current era world economies are trying to walk reverse after a great upset in the shape of depression and economic disaster. This distress has taken even the strongest of the economy of world i.e. USA on a back foot. The positive side of this havoc is that the worst is over. Now economies of world are coping up. They are trying to resurge to the heights which have now become the story of past. At this point of time, there is a need for some thinking. This is the time which is best suited for studying the factors that are responsible for great deluge. This crisis has given us an opportunity to look into the root of the problem and to develop some conceptual theories which can act as an aid in future. This study can act as learning lessons for the times to come. In this paper we are trying to analyze the history, principles, beliefs, recent relevance and criticism of charvaka philosophy.
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