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षड्दर्शन
The Six Darshanas
The classical schools of philosophy
Six astika darshanas offer complementary paths of reasoning toward liberation.
The shad-darshanas are traditionally paired: Nyaya (logic) & Vaisheshika (categories), Sankhya (enumeration) & Yoga (discipline), Mimamsa (ritual exegesis) & Vedanta (knowledge of Brahman). They are viewed not as rivals but as ascending or complementary viewpoints (darshana = 'way of seeing').
Nyaya–Vaisheshika
Logic, epistemology and the categories of reality.
Sankhya–Yoga
Purusha–Prakriti and the eightfold path of Patanjali.
Mimamsa–Vedanta
Dharma of ritual and the knowledge of Brahman.
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