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CONCEPTION OF SOUL IN INDIAN PHILOSOPHY
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In the realm of Indian philosophical systems different systems have different belief regarding the self or soul. Except af almost
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all the systems agree in one point that the soul is different than the body of the creatures. af does not accept any different soul or self or different than the body of the creatures After every belief there is a reason right or wrong. So arafe also has got his own reason (for non-acceptance of different than the body.
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Let us see the arguments of चार्वाक for his norm regarding the self. It is well known fact that चार्वाक does not accept पुनर्जन्म or
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rebirth of the soul. According to him there is no rebirth of any creature or there is no necessity that creatures are born according to their of the previous birth (f). The creatures are born a in the bodies of the creatures are ceated due to चतुर्भूतसंघात i. e. due to particular type of arrangement of four elements viz. qferaft, जल, तेज, and वायु. This particular type of arrangement is responsible for the creation of body and into it. It is just like a creation of wine due to the particular type of arrangement of particular substances like dust of sugar and others. These substances put together in a ves
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