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Six Classical Darshanas

Compare the six classical systems through their foundational texts, methods of knowledge, accounts of reality, disciplines and understandings of liberation.

01

Classical darśana · Gautama

Nyaya Sutra

A foundational text of the classical Nyaya tradition, concerned with logic, valid knowledge, debate and methods of reasoning.

Guide coverage

  • Root aphorisms or verses
  • Bhāṣya commentaries
  • Later sub-schools
  • Debate with other systems
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Classical darśana · Kanada

Vaisheshika Sutra

A foundational text of the classical Vaisheshika tradition, concerned with categories of reality, substance, quality, action and atomism.

Guide coverage

  • Root aphorisms or verses
  • Bhāṣya commentaries
  • Later sub-schools
  • Debate with other systems
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Classical darśana · Ishvarakrishna

Samkhya Karika

A foundational text of the classical Samkhya Karika tradition, concerned with purusha, prakriti, the evolutes and liberating discrimination.

Guide coverage

  • Root aphorisms or verses
  • Bhāṣya commentaries
  • Later sub-schools
  • Debate with other systems
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Classical darśana · Patanjali

Yoga Sutra

A foundational text of the classical Yoga tradition, concerned with the eight-limbed discipline, mind, meditation and liberation.

Guide coverage

  • Root aphorisms or verses
  • Bhāṣya commentaries
  • Later sub-schools
  • Debate with other systems
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Classical darśana · Jaimini

Mimamsa Sutra

A foundational text of the classical Mimamsa tradition, concerned with Vedic interpretation, ritual duty, language and dharma.

Guide coverage

  • Root aphorisms or verses
  • Bhāṣya commentaries
  • Later sub-schools
  • Debate with other systems
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Classical darśana · Badarayana

Brahma Sutra

A foundational text of the classical Brahma tradition, concerned with systematic inquiry into Brahman and reconciliation of Upanishadic teaching.

Guide coverage

  • Root aphorisms or verses
  • Bhāṣya commentaries
  • Later sub-schools
  • Debate with other systems
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