Āstika (Sanskrit: आस्तिक; IAST: Āstika) and Nāstika (Sanskrit: नास्तिक; IAST: Nāstika) are concepts that have been used to classify the schools of Indian...

categorized into āstika and nāstika schools of thought. Āstika and nāstika concept in Hindu, Buddhist and Jain scriptures define Astika as those sampradayas...

philosophical systems that share concepts with āstika traditions, but reject the Vedas. These have been called nāstika (heterodox or non-orthodox) philosophies...

the Indian subcontinent. A traditional Hindu classification divides āstika and nāstika schools of philosophy, depending on one of three alternate criteria:...

philosophy—loosely characterise āstika as "theist" and nāstika as "atheist". By these definitions, Sāṃkhya can be considered a nāstika philosophy, though it is...

Indian languages, such as Hindi or Bengali, āstika and its derivatives usually mean 'theist', and nāstika and its derivatives denote an 'atheist'; however...

philosophy (or Jainism) Buddhism Mādhyamika Yogācāra Sautrāntika Vaibhāṣika The Āstika systems described here consider Vedas as a reliable and authoritative source...

Brahmacharya Satya Dāna Damah Dayā Akrodha Schools Āstika: Samkhya Yoga Nyaya Vaisheshika Mīmāṃsā Vedanta Dvaita Advaita Vishishtadvaita Nāstika: Charvaka...

the Indian subcontinent. A traditional Hindu classification divides āstika and nāstika schools of philosophy, depending on one of three alternate criteria:...

philosophical literature, 'āstika' means 'one who believes in the authority of the Vedas' or 'one who believes in life after death'. ('nāstika' means the opposite...