Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya [SEP] date of death
Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya
Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya (19 November 1918 – 8 May 1993) was an Indian Marxist philosopher. He made contributions to the exploration of the materialist current in ancient Indian philosophy. He is known for "", which is his exposition of the philosophy of Lokayata. He is also known for work on history of science and scientific method in ancient India, especially his 1977 book "Science and Society in Ancient India" on the ancient physicians Charaka and Sushruta. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest
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- "Nyaya: Gautama's Nyaya-sutra, with Vatsyayana's Commentary". Translated by Mrinalkanti Gangopadhyaya, with an introduction by Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya (1982) Calcutta: Indian Studies.
External links.
- "Lokayata: A Study in Ancient Indian Materialism (1959, first edition)" by Debiprasad Chattopadhayay on archive.org
- Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya, Science and Philosophy in Ancient India
- Fifty Years of Lokayata by Ramkrishna Bhattacharya, "Frontier", Vol. 43, No. 12-15, Oct