nāstikya (English spelling)

Japanese: nāstikya(英語表記)nastikya
nāstikya (English spelling)

… [Yoshizawa Denzaburo]
[India]
In Indian thought, there are two instances where the word "nihilism" is applied. One is "nāstikya," a term used by orthodox Brahmanism and orthodox Hinduism against Buddhism and Jainism. This term is said to be derived from the fact that "there is no heaven (na asti) that can be attained in the afterlife by rituals performed according to the provisions of the Vedic scriptures."

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "nāstikya" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…【吉沢 伝三郎】
[インド]
 インド思想の中で,〈ニヒリズム〉という言葉が当てられるものとしては,二つばかりある。一つは〈ナースティキヤnāstikya〉で,正統バラモン教,正統ヒンドゥー教の側から,仏教やジャイナ教に対して投げかけられた言葉である。この言葉は,〈ベーダ聖典の規定にのっとって行われる祭式によって来世に獲得される天界は存在しない(ナアスティna asti)〉ということに由来するとされる。…

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