Lokayatika, Lokāyatika, Loka-ayatika: 10 definitions

Introduction
Languages
1. Pali
2. Sanskrit
3. Kannada
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Introduction:

Lokayatika means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

lokāyatika : (adj.) one who holds the view of nature-lore; a nihilist.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Lokāyatika refers to: (brāhmaṇa) one who holds the view of lokāyata or popular philosophy S. II, 77 (translation K. S. 53: a Brahmin “wise in world-lore”); Miln. 178; J. VI, 486 (na seve lokāyatikaṃ; explained as “anatthanissitaṃ ... vitaṇḍa-sallāpaṃ lokāyatika-vādaṃ na seveyya, ” thus more like “sophistry” or casuistry).

Note: lokāyatika is a Pali compound consisting of the words loka and āyatika.

context information

Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Lokāyatika (लोकायतिक).—an atheist, a materialist; कच्चिन्न लोकायतिकान् ब्राह्मणांस्तात सेवसे (kaccinna lokāyatikān brāhmaṇāṃstāta sevase) Rām. 2.1.38.

Derivable forms: lokāyatikaḥ (लोकायतिकः).

Lokāyatika is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms loka and āyatika (आयतिक).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Lokāyatika (लोकायतिक).—m.

(-kaḥ) A follower of the Charvaka doctrine, an atheist, an unbeliever. E. lokāyata as above, and ṭhak aff. with the vowel unchanged.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Lokāyatika (लोकायतिक).—[lokāyatika, lokāyata + ika], m. A follower of the Cārvāka system (see the last)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Lokāyatika (लोकायतिक):—[from loka > lok] m. idem, [Śaṃkarācārya.on; Bṛhad-āraṇyaka-upaniṣad] and, [Praśna-upaniṣad] etc.

2) [v.s. ...] (perhaps) a man experienced in the ways of the world, [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Lokāyatika (लोकायतिक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. A follower of the Chārvāka doctrine.

[Sanskrit to German]

Lokayatika in German

context information

Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Lōkāyatika (ಲೋಕಾಯತಿಕ):—[noun] = ಲೋಕಾಯತ [lokayata]2.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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