• Dr. Naveen

Among the various philosophical schools of thought in ancient India Lokayata stands unique, as it was the only school that dared to advocate materialist-hedonistic doctrines of life during the time when India was under the sway of Vedico-Upanishadic spiritualism. Although its origin, history and philosophical contexts are buried in the distant past, this epicurean Indian parallel championed an idiosyncratic approach to life by rejecting a life based on spiritual-otherworldly concerns. This article is an attempt to probe into the philosophy of the pursuit of pleasure that the Lokayata upheld probably during the post-Vedic society.

Brihaspatya, materialism, Brihaspati, atheistic, pain, pleasure, Buddhism, Jainism, pramana, philosophy, sceptic.

"CHASE FOR BLISS The History and Ideas of Lokayata", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.2, Issue 5, page no.730-735, October-2015, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1701C16.pdf

"CHASE FOR BLISS The History and Ideas of Lokayata", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.2, Issue 5, page no. pp730-735, October-2015, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1701C16.pdf