yadrichhavada

Indian philosophical school

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Indian philosophy

  • Krishna and Arjuna
    In Indian philosophy: The prelogical period

    …the two unorthodox schools of yadrichhavada (accidentalists) and svabhavaha (naturalists), who rejected the supernatural. Kapila, the legendary founder of the Samkhya school, supposedly flourished during the 7th century bce. Proto-Jain ideas were already in existence when Mahavira (flourished 6th century bce), the founder of Jainism,

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