cArvAkaH [ cAruH lokasaMmato vAko vAkyaM yasya, pfzo° Tv. ] 1 N. of a sophistical philosopher (said to have been a pupil of Bṛhaspati), who propounded 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 form of a Brāhmaṇa and reviled him and the assembled Brāhmaṇas, but he was soon detected, and the real Brāhmaṇas, filled with fury, are said to have killed him on the spot. He also tried to deceive Yudhiṣṭhira at the end of the great war by telling him that Bhīma was slain by Duryodhana; see Ve. 6 ].