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Charvaka (Wikipedia)

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Wikipedia's article on Charvaka, also called Lokayata, used here for its account of the school's disappearance by the end of the 12th century CE. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Publisher
Wikipedia
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charvaka
Source Type
Encyclopedia
Reliability Tier
3
Sources
Charvaka (Wikipedia)
Claims Backed By This Source (7 claims)

This source backs 7 claims across the atlas. As facts: 5 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
  • Schools of Philosophy, 2 claims: 1 scholarly debate, 1 general references.

Well-attested

5

Scholarly debate

1

Schools of Philosophy

General References

1

Schools of Philosophy

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