The Tale of Cârvâka

The Tale of Cârvâka
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Total Pages : 307
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ISBN-10 : 9780595349555
ISBN-13 : 0595349552
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Download or read book The Tale of Cârvâka written by Manga Randreas and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-04 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ananda is a bright youngster with a keen and questioning mind who enjoys life. He and friend Sukarma grow together, but circumstances take them along different paths. Sukarma becomes an ascetic, foreasking worldly pleasures, while Ananda encounters frustrations and tragedies. When his father dies, he follows the rituals, but finds them to be of no avail. He rejects all traditional beliefs, proclaims his atheism and becomes a preacher of hedonism. In the end, Ananda and Sukarma are drawn to a confrontation and the opposing worldviews are brought into the open. This is the story of how Ananda became Cârvâka.


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