[cāruḥ lokasaṃmato vāko vākyaṃ yasya, pṛṣoº Tv.] 1 N. of a sophistical philosopher (said to have been a pupil of Bṛhaspati), who propound- ed the grossest form of atheism or materialism (for a summary of the doctrines of Cārvāka, see Sarva. S. 1.).

2 N. of a Rākṣasa described in the Mahābhārata, as a friend of Duryodhana and an enemy of the Pāṇḍavas. [When Yudhiṣṭhira entered Hastināpura in triumph, he assumed the...