Who were the Charvakas?
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
- In this video, We will outline the popular materialistic philosophy known as "Chārvāk" which thrived in ancient India. We will also look at the probable dating of this atheistic school, its etymology, and associated texts.
Reference for the video:-
1. Sarv Darshan Sangrah translated in Hindi by Professor Umashankar Sharma
2. Sarv Darshan Sangrah translated in English by E.B Cowell and A.E Gough
3. Lokāyata: A study in ancient Indian materialism by Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya
4. Bhagwad geeta with commentary of ramsukhdas jee published by Gitapress gorakhpur
5. Valmiki Ramayana published by Gitapress gorakhpur
6. Valmiki Ramayana(Gita super site developed by IIT Kanpur)
7. A short history of Indian materialism, sensationalism and hedonism by DR Sastri
8. A history of Indian philosophy by SN Dasgupta
9. • CHARWAK चार्वाक दर्शन ...
10. Vishnu Puran published by Gitapress gorakhpur
11. A short history of Indian materialism, Sensationalism and Hedonism by Dakshina Ranjan Shastri
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Inputs on the script by Jay Vardhan Singh
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It should be Bārhaspatya (बार्हस्पत्य) not Brāhaspatya. Apologies for the mistake.
I think it literally means Brahaspati ka
Am I right?
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@@RichardGolD-wz3is in your mashed potatoes.
It shows that Charvaks were Chad because People are able find the Essence of their Philosophy from the texts which were written to Ridicule and Misrepresent them😅.
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Good information sir
When Ram leaves behind the kingdom which is a form of wealth. He is giving up the responsibility of maintaining and protecting the kingdom. That's the duties of a King. He is responsible for its citizenry and not for his family.
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I've been looking for this for the past 5 years.
Charvaka were people (or saints) from those regions where birth rate were low and areas were thinly populated.
Their philosophy still exists in regions like Tibet, central Asia and others.
Sir , please make video from ancient India History And Contemporary world History in chronological order! Great Initiative!
Very nice content and impressive delivery. Well researched. Keep up your good work.
Bro could you make a video about the lifestyle of different ranks of Military in ancient India along with their average height and other body proportions
Thanks for the suggestion, but I haven't found any source material to make a video like that.
A very good video.
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Very well-constructed piece...
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Madhvacharya with 'Tripund' tilak is a wrong depiction as he was a practicing Vaishnavite. I am enjoying your videos very much though....its not a criticism but as a word of caution...good work Jay Vardhan Singh.....Keep it up!!!
Good efforts with transparency which would be useful for real & independent thinkers ! 👁️🧠👁️
Charvakas thinking has great potentiality to influence every other schools of philosophy.
Sir, very good videos. I have been trying to find which scripture started the trend of untouchability in India and if not based in Hindu scripture, then how did it start in history. Also, I have recently watched a video of Namit Arora, where he claims that the Aryans practised Sati, which never vanished in India, despite other civilisations, which also had it contemporarily, gave it up.
Now, from my reading of history or whatever scriptures I have read, I am of the opinion that the practise of Sati came quite late only in the 2nd millenium and again like, untouchability & child marriage, did not have any scriptural basis.
So, in conclusion, I would like to have answers from both scriptures as well as academic historical evidence on the origins of the practices of UNTOUCHABILITY, SATI & CHILD MARRIAGE in India.
awesome
If possible, can you make a similar video on Gandharva Marriages?
Thanks for the suggestion, will try
Super video
Nice introduction to a neglected school of thought!
Excellent video. Would be great if could add chapters or time labels in your videos. As it helps in compartmentalising and making videos more viewer friendly.
Great job nonetheless!
From my reading I think the main argument of the Charvakas may have been that God is Unknowable by humans, Thus neither rituals nor prayers nor specific beliefs will help anyone to know God. I am not sure the Charvaks advocated an unrestrained pursuit of pleasures only. This may not have been their main conclusion because they also recognised 'inference' / deduction or anumana or vadha - prathivada (thesis and antithesis. I think they may have recognised ethics as governing human relations. But, sadly, we have no surviving text books written by them to verify an of this.
Bro it's चार्वाक not चरवाका
Sanskrit is pronounced like sanskrit. Not Hindi. Schwa deletion doesn't happen in Sanskrit.
Hey bro why your videos are coming late ? I become fan of your narration, plz don't delay to upload
Can you please enlighten the Pala dynesty in Bengal.
Good !
I wonder there were nihilists in India I did hear about Sunyata school of thought, but didn't find anything substantial on them, I hope you can tell something about them. btw nice video have been following you for more than a year, love ur videos.
Ajivik's were sort of nihlist.
Sunyata is associated with Buddhism specially the Madhyamaka school. Sunyata although means 'emptiness' is not about nihilism.
@@meteor541 The Buddhist philosopher Nagarjuna wrote substantially about sunyata.
The concept of state economics in ancient India was established by the charvakas guru brahspath chanakya too confirms that his arthshastraa is inspired by guru brahspath
Namaste, Jay Bhaiya
Maine last year hi Delhi university se India History me Graduation complete ki hai.
Question:
322 BC se 606 AD time line me kisi bhi major Kingdom k kings ka naam Hindu God Goddess k naam pr nahi milta. Aaj ki society me vedic character, Ramayan, Mahabharat character k naam log apne bacho ko dete hai. Uss time kya ho gaya tha ki religious characters k naam Royal families ne adopt nahi kiye?
This question has a very easy answer
Vasudeva I (kushan Dynasty)
Aise bahut saare kings h har jagah ki regional history padho ke to pata chal jayega khud aapko
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@@noideasforanyhandlesorry990 par bhaiya, Kushan Empire kya Hindu origin ki empire thi ?
Kushan to Yuezhi Bactria se thi.
@@BPSinghSaini
Usse kya farak padta h? Uss time Tak Kushans Indian society m ghul mill chuke Thai
Aur wo one of the five main branches se ho sakte hain jinme khotan bhi aata h , Cambridge history of Iran ke chapter 7 padho usme saaf likha h khotan was established by Indians
@@noideasforanyhandlesorry990 yaha to baat clear ho gai,
Ak aur question hai bhai
Hiranyagarbha yajna ( except Dantidurga ) aur kis kis ne perform kiya tha ?
Hiranyagarbha yajna least discussed kyo hai as compared to Ashwamedh.
@@BPSinghSaini
Hanji bilkul aur kings ne bhe perform Kara tha ye lo source ke sath unke naam ⤵️
1) Pulakeshin I
Source : Daud Ali (2000). "Royal Eulogy as World History: Rethinking Copper-Plate Inscriptions in Cola India". Querying the Medieval: Texts and the History of Practices in South Asia. Oxford University Press. (Page 146)
2) Jaya Pala
Source : Vijay Nath (2001). Purāṇas and acculturation: a historico-anthropological perspective. Munshiram Manoharlal. (Page 120)
3) Mangalesha
Source : D. C. Sircar (1971). Studies in the Religious Life of Ancient and Medieval India (Pages 164-165)
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Can you suggest some good books on the modern history of India?
Charvakas are World's most ancient Librals!
I agree with charvaks
Bhai tu Arya hai na?
@@Mani-my8obfake Arya, son of Dasyu
After reading which charvak text😂
@@KumarHarshRaj after learning about lokayatas beliefs from texts of other traditions
@@KumarHarshRaj look around you, bro. Everything that you touch, eat, hear, smell and see is already written.
Did it originate in Bihar?
Good but pls keep it short
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Bababa 🙏🏾
How are the credibility of these religious scripture determined?
Credible in what sense?
If I understood your question correctly, the information about the Charvakas present in the texts of different traditions has certainly an element of bias. But there are also certain similarities.
We have to also remember that since the original texts doesn't survive there's no way for us to cross check these details.
There were dark skinned native tropical Indian royalties as sages who went against the sacrifice of life in the Iranian Ritual of the white skinned Scandinavian origin Jew Arya (European) Brahmin.
Lord Pooranar Kayappar, Patkudukkai Natkaniyar and Nariveru oothalayar the Charvaka (Bootha Vadham or Lokhayadham) sages said that everything is made up of material earth, water, fire and air. Energy makes material to operate. Life is made up of energy that operates the material body. Life after death goes back to its initial form energy. It does not remain as Atma or Soul.
But they believed that every action has an equal and opposite reaction in the present. They believed that even a plant can sprout back to life. They said whatever happens is coincidental or accidental and not predetermined as fate. He didn't attribute any of our deeds to sins. He believed in facing life as it comes.
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Lord Pooranar Matkali Kosalar, the Ajivika Sage, believed that life doesn't end with death but the soul will be reincarnated into another being that doesn't rely on the sins of the previous birth being carried forward. He like Pooranar Kayappar, believed that even a dead plant can sprout back to life.He believed that our thinking and the deeds that sprout from it were predetermined. He believed that the predetermined fate cannot be changed. He didn't attribute any of our deeds to sins. He believed that all the world's a stage and we are mere actors.
Lord Mahaveer, the Jain sage, was against harming even plant life. So he wanted his followers to live on dead plants alone. He believed in abstinence of the pancasila (abstain from killing, speak the truth, Abstain from Stealing-the hard earning of others, Abstain from lust, Abstain from Avariciousness, Possessiveness and Addiction - learn to let go) He said that the current sins committed like consuming living plants and creatures would be passed onto the following life in the life cycle. He believed that the predetermined fate is determined by the sins of the previous birth.
Lord Gautam Buddha, the Buddhist sage, believed in following the middle path between abstinence and overindulgence of the pancasila (Avoid killing, Avoid telling lies, Avoid Stealing-the hard earning of others, Avoid lust, Avoid Avariciousness, Possessiveness and Addiction - learn to let go) . That means he didn't insist on not harming even plant life. He believed in life after death and rebirth. He also believed like Lord Mahaveer, the Jain sage, that rebirth will depend on the sins committed in the previous birth. He believed that humanitarian deeds could set off the sins. He believed that the predetermined fate was determined by sins and the meritorious deeds of the previous birth.
All four religions Charvaka, Ajivika, Jainism and Buddhism are known as the shramana religions according to divakara Nigandu.
The shramana religions believe in striving hard to earn enlightenment and benefits through knowledge and skills as against the belief of the Scandinavian origin Jew Arya (European) Brahmin who believes that devotion to God through sacrifice in Yagna rituals will bring enlightenment and benefits in life.
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I always thought they (Charvaka) have become a powerful group cuz simply every one cannot be a saint.
So simple every person can be a Charvaka follower.
Aren’t Carvaka’s then Hedonists.
Pronunciation is charvaak not charvaka
So Lokayatas were the precursor of 'Nihilism'
I came to know about Charvakas from a book I bought two years ago during my college days in a book fair. Since then I have been studying it.
Charvaka philosophy could have become India's Confucianism , if it had survived. It could have made India less spiritual , more materialistic, more disciplined and cold have solved a lot of problems that we have today.
Anyway great informative video
First of all Confucias was not an atheist neither he was a hedonist. Confucianism does have some spirituality in it but the focus is less over the unseen world. Secondly, spirituality doesn't hinders scientific growth infact many renowned scientists of the past were highly spiritual persons.
Confucius is highly hierarchical and was made to control society by the emprors.
More disciplined????🥲
I find more similarity of Charvaka philosophy with Greek Epicureanism, whose foundations were in Stoic philosophy, with the difference being only in the materialism.
@KushalMehra.
charvaka text is written in sanskrit
why would brahmins write anything good about charvakh philosophy??
charvakhs were those who didnt chase metaphysical things like who made earth or divine god.
buddha followed similar philosophy and opposed brahmins with his logic and debate skills.
bro dont correct your voice in post, it makes it heavier and draggy
Thanks for the feedback.
Maharshi Charvak world's first Rationalist
Lol no
There's no proof that Charvak was a person's name.
Kinda no because charvak use to believe what they see.
They describe the formation of world by 4 elements fire, water, earth, air and when you ask do they seen that they gonna beat your a*s of.
atheism existed in almost all ancient civilizations. IVC may not be religious at all.
@@witchilich Nope they worshipped a form of Mother goddess. Her figurine has been unearthed from the ruins.
Bhaiya u called gujjar-pratihar a land locked Empire, but they ruled in Gujarat. Then how they are landlocked Empire?
I don't remember where I said that?
Charvakas were still better than Ajivikas and their niti 😋
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*north indian accent
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leftist 2500 years ago.
Ha bhai, leftism ko bhi legitimize kar de.
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Not leftists but the first nationalists by interaction between pabila and lord rama
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