Who Are the lokāyatika brāhmaṇas?
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.
Main Author: | Bhattacharya, Ramkrishna |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
2017-06-01
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Series: | Annali di Ca’ Foscari: Serie Orientale |
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Online Access: | http://doi.org/10.14277/2385-3042/AnnOr-53-17-6 |
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