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Atheism निरीश्वरवाद, nir-īśvara-vāda , lit. “statement of no Lord”, “doctrine of godlessness”) or disbelief in God or Gods has been a historically propounded viewpoint in many of the prominent streams of Indian philosophy. Atheism and agnosticism have a long history in India and flourished within the so called Śramaṇa movement since the axial age. Most Indian Philosophies consider atheism to be acceptable
There are six major Vedic ( ā stika ) schools of Hindu philosophy—Nyāyá, Vaiśeṣika, Sāṃkhya, Yoga, Mīmāṃsā and Vedānta, and five major non-vedic(nāstika ) schools are — Jaina, Bauddha, Ājīvika, Ajñana, and Cārvāka. The four most studied nāstika schools, those rejecting the doctrine of Vedas, are Jainism, Buddhism, Cārvāka, and Ājīvika.