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      The Tale of Carvaka: The Hindu Hedonist-Philosopher

      by Manga Randreas
      Published
      May 2005
      Main Genre
      Historical Historical
      Pages
      298
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      About This Book

      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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      General Fiction

      Subgenres

      Historical Literary

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      Apr 2005 iUniverse ISBN13 9780595349555 ISBN10 0595349552
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      Apr 2005 iUniverse ISBN13 9780595671748 ISBN10 0595671748
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      Apr 2005 iUniverse ISBN10 B0068WM0PM
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