[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.376 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.376 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.376 - **Language:** English ### [c5.376](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.376) CHĀRVĀKA. 1. A Rākshasa, and friend of Dur-yodhana, who disguised himself as a Brāhman and reproached Yudhishthira for his crimes, when he entered Hastinā-pura in triumph after the great battle. The Brāhmans discovered the imposture and reduced Chārvāka to ashes with the fire of their eyes. 2. A sceptical philosopher who advocated materialistic doctrines. He probably lived before the composition of the Rāmāyana, and is perhaps identical with the Chārvāka of the Mahā-bhārata. His followers are called by his name. - [Previous: c5.375](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.375) - [Next: c5.377](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.377) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Cites (2) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.376](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.376) · Pramāṇa