On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 9:07 AM, Radhika, Y. <[email protected]> wrote: > i don't think the answer to why Charuvakas died has been found yet. > Their existence is only known because Shankaracharya took great pains to demolish their arguments.
ITYM Adi Shankara. Shankaracharya is a title. Let us not discount cases where the sword was mightier than the pen (or, rather, the pen was assisted by the sword). There was active state-sponsored persecution of opposing faiths/philosophies through most parts of India back in the day. Thaths -- "Marge, you being a cop makes you the man! Which makes me the woman... and I have no interest in that, besides wearing the occasional underwear, which as we discussed is strictly a comfort thing." -- Homer J. Simpson Sudhakar Chandra Slacker Without Borders
