Carwaka muncul sebagai alternatif bagi perguruan Hindu Astika pro-Weda, sekaligus sebagai pendahulu bagi filsafat nastika yang muncul pada masa kemudian atau pada masa yang sama, seperti Ājīvika, Jainisme, dan Buddhisme (yang dua terakhir bercabang menjadi dua agama yang berbeda) pada era klasik filsafat India.[8] Berbeda dengan perguruan astika lainnya, sila pertama filsafat Carwaka yaitu menolak kesimpulan yang dipakai sebagai pembenaran hal-hal metafisis.[9][10]
↑Though this school of thought is not commonly considered as a part of six orthodox schools of Indian Philosophy, Haribhadra Suri, a Jain mendicant from c. seventh century, considers this school as a part of those six in his book ShaDdarshan Samucchaya. Potter, Karl H. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies: Buddhist philosophy from 350 to 600 A.D. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publications. hlm.435–436. ISBN978-81-208-1968-9.
↑Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and Charles A. Moore. A Source book in Indian Philosophy. (Princeton University Press: 1957, Twelfth Princeton Paperback printing 1989) pp. 227–49. ISBN 0-691-01958-4.
Bhattacharya, Ramakrishna. Cārvāka Fragments: A New Collection, Journal of Indian Philosophy, Volume 30, Number 6, December 2002, pp.597–640.
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