Although the Indian and Greek concepts of the atom were based purely on philosophy, modern science has retained the name coined by Democritus.

The ancient Indian philosophy is a fusion of two ancient traditions: Sramana tradition and Vedic tradition.

Indian philosophy begins with the Vedas where questions related to laws of nature, the origin of the universe and the place of man in it are asked.

The Six schools of Indian philosophy are:

Other traditions of Indian philosophy include:

In these sutras the perfection of the wisdom of not-self is stated to be the true self ; the ultimate goal of the path is then characterized using a range of positive language that had been used previously in Indian philosophy by essentialist philosophers, but which was now transmuted into a new Buddhist vocabulary to describe a being who has successfully completed the Buddhist path.

Category: Indian philosophy

Buddhism is a religion, a practical philosophy, and arguably a psychology, focusing on the teachings of Gautama Buddha, who lived on the Indian subcontinent most likely from the mid-6th to the early 5th century BCE.

Water is one of the elements in ancient Greek philosophy, in the Asian Indian system Panchamahabhuta, and in the Chinese cosmological and physiological system Wu Xing.

Dvaita Vedanta ( dualistic conclusions of the Vedas ) school of Indian philosophy espouses dualism by theorizing the existence of two separate realities.

In Samkhya and Yoga schools of Indian philosophy, " there are two irreducible, innate and independent realities 1 ) consciousness itself ( Purusha ) 2 ) primordial materiality ( Prakriti )".

that which upholds, supports or maintains the regulatory order of the universe ) means Law or Natural Law and is a concept of central importance in Indian philosophy and religion.

* Cārvāka, an egoistic Indian philosophy

There, he received a liberal education at the Lyceum, and Karl J. Windischmann drew his attention to the languages and literature of the East ( Windischmann, along with Georg Friedrich Creuzer, Johann Joseph von Görres, and the brothers Schlegel, expressed great enthusiasm for Indian wisdom and philosophy ).

Unlike other Indian schools of philosophy, the Cārvākas argued that there is nothing wrong with sensual indulgence.

In Indian philosophy, Kanada was the first to systematically develop a theory of atomism during the 6th century BCE, and it was further elaborated on by the Buddhist atomists Dharmakirti and Dignāga during the 1st millennium CE.

Indian theories about the atom are greatly abstract and enmeshed in philosophy as they were based on logic and not on personal experience or experimentation.

Founded by Maharaja Sri-Gupta, the dynasty was the model of a classical civilization. Maurya and Gupta empires are called as the Golden Age of India and were marked by extensive inventions and discoveries in science, technology, art, religion and philosophy that crystallized the elements of what is generally known as Indian culture. The religions of Hinduism and Buddhism, which began in India, were an important influence on South, East and Southeast Asia

In contrast to Carnatic music, the other main Indian classical music tradition originating from the South, Hindustani music was not only influenced by ancient Hindu musical traditions, historical Vedic philosophy and native Indian sounds but also enriched by the Persian performance practices of the Mughals.

Indian philosophy is a confluence of Śramaṇic ( self-reliant ) and Vedic streams that co-exist and influence each other.

A palpable presence in Indian culture, Jains have contributed to Indian philosophy, art, architecture, and science.

Mohandas Karamchand GandhiGandhism is the collection of inspirations, principles, beliefs and philosophy of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi ( known as Mahatma Gandhi ), who was a major political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian Independence Movement.

In Ancient Indian philosophy, materialism developed around 600 BC with the works of Ajita Kesakambali, Payasi, Kanada, and the proponents of the Cārvāka school of philosophy.

The zero was probably introduced to the Chinese in the Tang Dynasty ( 618-907 AD ) when travel in the Indian Ocean and the Middle East would have provided direct contact with India, allowing them to acquire the concept of zero and the decimal point from Indian merchants and mathematicians.

The concept of an atom as an indivisible component of matter was first proposed by early Indian and Greek philosophers.

In the Pan Indian philosophic thought the term ' Satyam Shivam Sundaram ' is another name for the concept of the Supreme.

This concept of Satyam-Shivam-Sundaram, a kind of Value Theory is the cornerstone of Indian Aesthetics.

The concept of diplomatic immunity can be found in ancient Indian epics like Ramayana ( between 500 and 301 BC ) and Mahabharata ( around 4th century BC ) where messengers and diplomats were given immunity from capital punishment.

This was a concept which played a central role in the development of Taguchi methods by Genichi Taguchi, which took place during his visit to Indian Statistical Institute in early 1950s.

The Indian concept of the atom was developed independently and prior to the development of the idea in the Greco-Roman world.

In Western culture, the custom of a newlywed couple going on a holiday together originated in early 19th century Great Britain, a concept borrowed from the Indian elite, in the Indian Subcontinent.

Most of the positional base 10 numeral systems in the world have originated from the Indian subcontinent, where the concept of positional numeration was first developed.

Karma ( ; ) in Indian religions is the concept of " action " or " deed ", understood as that which causes the entire cycle of cause and effect ( i. e., the cycle called saṃsāra ) originating in ancient India and treated in the Hindu, Jain, Buddhist and Sikh religions.

Patrick Olivelle asserts that the origin of the concept of the cycle of birth and death, the concept of samsara, and the concept of liberation in the Indian tradition, were in part the creation of the non-Vedic Shramana tradition.

This is a concept of central importance in Indian philosophy and religion.

The Seychelles government is one of the proponents of the Indian Ocean zone of peace concept and it has promoted an end to the United States presence on Diego Garcia.

In Indian religions, for example, the concept of salvation ( which is called moksha ) involves being free from an endless process of transmigration of the soul, a belief that is absent from Abrahamic soteriology.

The pig stands for ignorance ; this comparison is based on the Indian concept of a pig being the most foolish of animals, since it sleeps in the dirtiest places and eats whatever comes to its mouth.

The Wheel of time or wheel of history ( Kalachakra ) is a concept found in several religious traditions and philosophies, notably religions of Indian origin such as Hinduism and Buddhism, which regard time as cyclical and consisting of repeating ages.

Karma is the concept of " action " or " deed " in Indian religions.

* Maya ( illusion ), in Indian religion, the principal concept which manifests, perpetuates and governs the illusion and dream of duality in the phenomenal Universe

Indian religions are generally not exclusivist, different beliefs are permitted and there is no clear-cut concept of heresy or apostasy.

The concept of an Indian Territory was an outcome of the 18th and 19th century policy of Indian removal.