A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Astika-darsana
This page describes Astika-darsana which is located on page 188 of the first volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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Jainism and Patanjali Yoga (Comparative Study) [by Deepak bagadia]
According to Indian Philosophy, Yoga is a Astika-darsana, where as Jainism is Nastika-darsana. 2. Jainism is broadly considered as a religion, Yoga is a spiritual science 3. Patanjala yoga believes in Isvara whereas there is no existence of Isvara in the form of creator of this universe according to Jainism. 4. Pranayama is one of the most important limb of Astangayoga for progress towards higher and inner Yogic journey, which is not there in original scriptures of Jainism 5....
Read full contents: Part 12 - Similarities and differences of both the Philosophies in Nutshell
Nyaya-Vaisheshika categories (Study) [by Diptimani Goswami]
Philosophy is known as darshana or vision of truth in India. The word darshana is derived from the root √drish which means ‘vision and also the ‘instrument of vision . It stands for the direct immediate and intuitive vision of truth. That from which we find real knowledge is known as darshana. The philosophical purpose in India is to observe the nature of the reality as a whole. The origin of Indian Philosophy is found in the Vedas....
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Philosophy of Charaka-samhita [by Asokan. G]
The Buddhists and the Carvakas refute the existence of the self, yet they are not deprived of the name Darshana. Haribhadrasuri, the Jaina philosopher, who introduced the term Darshana in the sense of philosophy, mentions six philosophical systems: Bauddha, Nyaya, Samkhya, Jaina, Vaisheshika, Jaiminiya and includes the non-Vedic Carvaka. Sayana Madhava, who speaks of sixteen Darshanas, classifies them into two groups namely Vedic (astika) and Non-Vedic (nastika)....
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