Vaidikadarshana, Vaidikadarśana, Vaidika-darśana, Vaidika-darshana: 2 definitions

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Vaidikadarshana means something in the history of ancient India. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit terms Vaidikadarśana and Vaidika-darśana can be transliterated into English as Vaidikadarsana or Vaidikadarshana or Vaidika-darsana or Vaidika-darshana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram (history)

Vaidikadarśana (वैदिकदर्शन) refers to a “particular phase of a religion”.—Darśana denotes what could be called, broadly speaking, a religion or religious tradition and so entails the same problems of definition that we encounter when trying to define what religion is in India in general. In this sense, darśana denotes both a larger generic identity—what we call ‘religion’—as well as a specific one—what might be called a ‘cult’ with relation to a specific deity, or a ‘sect’. Thus the religions, Buddhism and Jainism, are referred to as darśanas, just as schools of Śaivism are. The same term may also be used to denote a particular phase of a religion as in the expression ‘vaidikadarśana’.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Vaidikadarshana in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Vaidikadarśana (ವೈದಿಕದರ್ಶನ):—[noun] any philosophical school based on the authorities of the vedas.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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