Ajñāna (Sanskrit: अज्ञान, (Vedic) IPA: /ɐd͡ʑ.ɲɑː.nɐ/; (Classical) IPA: /ɐd͡ʑˈɲɑː.n̪ɐ/) was one of the nāstika or "heterodox" schools of ancient Indian...

major heterodox (nāstika or sramanic) schools—Jain, Buddhist, Ajivika, Ajñana, and Charvaka. The āstika group embraces the Vedas as an essential source...

Makkhali Gosala, Ajita Kesakambali and the Buddha, and was a proponent of the ajñana school of thought. Sanjaya is thought to be the first teacher of the future...

and Vedanta, and five major heterodox schools—Jain, Buddhist, Ajivika, Ajñana, and Cārvāka. However, there are other methods of classification; Vidyaranya...

skepticism Achintya Bheda Abheda Advaita Vedanta Agnosticism Ajātivāda Ājīvika Ajñana Alexandrian school Analytic philosophy Analytical Thomism Anarchist schools...

to as heterodox schools, are Buddhism, Jainism, Chārvāka, Ājīvika, and Ajñana. However, this orthodox-heterodox terminology is a construct of Western...

Church Fathers Indian Hindu Samkhya Nyaya Vaisheshika Yoga Mīmāṃsā Ājīvika Ajñana Cārvāka Jain Anekantavada Syādvāda Buddhist Abhidharma Sarvāstivadā Pudgalavada...

movement, skepticism arose both in ancient Greece and India. In India the Ajñana school of philosophy espoused skepticism. It was a major early rival of...

Pyrrhonism. Ajñana, which upheld radical skepticism, may have been a more powerful influence on Pyrrho than Buddhism. The Buddhists referred to Ajñana's adherents...

work on skepticism include James Pryor, Keith DeRose, and Peter Klein. Ajñana (literally 'non-knowledge') were the skeptical school of ancient Indian...