Lokayata
लोकायत lokāyata'The view found in the world,' the older name for the Charvaka school of Indian materialism. The term points to its this-worldly focus: reality is what can be perceived here, and the proper aims of life are worldly rather than otherworldly.
Where this term appears
- Charvaka: the Indian materialists Philosophy
That is the strange position of Charvaka, also called Lokayata, the materialist school of classical India.
- The neighbours and the doubters Treatise
The Charvakas , also called Lokayata , were the materialists of classical India, and the site profiles them in its article on the Indian materialists.