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Atheism -> Sanskrit : nirīśvaravāda, lit. "statement of no Lord"

Definitions

Astika : belief in the Vedas

Nastika : rejection of the Vedas

Both Astika and Nastika contain viewpoints defined as atheistic.

Astika atheism doesn't believe in a Creator God but does acknowledge the concept of dualism (material and spiritual/soul) and non-dualism(Advaita - everything is the Brahman and is connected and one - reality is illusory)

Nastika atheism includes three main schools of thought: Theravada Buddhism, Jainism, and Carvaka

Carvaka is a materialist, secular, and atheist school of thought closely resembling today's Secular Humanist philosophy.

Jain

Theravada Buddhism 

Links 

Atheism in Hinduism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheism_in_Hinduism

Carvaka (Cavarka mispelling): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cārvāka

Nondualism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-dual  

Theravada Buddhism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism#Southern_.28Therav.C4.81da.29_Buddhism

Theravada Buddhism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theravada

Jainism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jainism