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Lokayata

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[loh-kah-yuh-tuh] / loʊˈkɑ yə tə /

noun

  1. a materialistic school of philosophers in India that opposed Hinduism by regarding only matter as real, sense data as the only source of knowledge, and the gratification of the appetites as the only good.

Etymology

Origin of Lokayata

From the Sanskrit word lokāyata

Example Sentences

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And I knew the Sanskrit classics, including the Lokayata, which is of the materialist school.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 6, 2019

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