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- Āstika (Sanskrit: आस्तिक; IAST: Āstika) and Nāstika (Sanskrit: नास्तिक; IAST: Nāstika) are concepts that have been used to classify the schools of Indian...
- post-medieval period. Nastika or hetrodox sampradayas do not accept the authority of the Vedas are nāstika philosophies, of which four nāstika (heterodox) schools...
- with the āstika traditions but reject the Vedas. These have been called nāstika (heterodox or non-orthodox) philosophies, and they include: Buddhism, Jainism...
- remain nāstika religions.[citation needed] Buddhists and Jains have disagreed that they are nastika and have redefined the phrases āstika and nāstika in their...
- Hindi or Bengali, āstika and its derivatives usually mean 'theist', and nāstika and its derivatives denote an 'atheist'; however, the two terms in ancient-...
- the Arthaśāstra. A traditional Hindu classification divides āstika and nāstika schools of philosophy, depending on one of three alternate criteria: whether...
- Vedanta (Advaita, Dwaita, Bhedbheda, Vishistadvaita), and unorthodox (nastika) systems, such as Buddhism, Jainism, Ajivika, Ajnana, Charvaka etc. as...
- Vedas as authoritative, are referred to as "heterodox" or "non-orthodox" (nāstika) schools. The Sanskrit word véda "knowledge, wisdom" is derived from the...
- Look up nastika in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Nastik may refer to: Nastika, Indian philosophical schools and persons that do not accept the authority...
- Brahmacharya Satya Dāna Damah Dayā Akrodha Schools Āstika: Samkhya Yoga Nyaya Vaisheshika Mīmāṃsā Vedanta Dvaita Advaita Vishishtadvaita Nāstika: Charvaka...