Six non-Buddhist schools

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Six non-Buddhist Schools (T. རྩ་བའི་སྡེ་དྲུག་) — a common grouping of non-Buddhist schools, according to Tibetan texts such as the Dungkar Great Tibetan Dictionary.[1]

These schools are:[1]

  • Vaisheshika (Skt. Vaiśeṣika; T. bye brag pa)
  • Nyaya (Skt. Nyāya; T. rig pa can pa)
  • Samkhya (Skt. Sāṃkhya; T. grangs can pa)
  • Mimamsaka (Skt. Mīmāṃsaka; T. dpyod pa ba)
  • Jain (Skt. Jaina) or Nigrantha ('the naked ones') (Skt.; T. gcer bu pa)
  • Charvaka (Skt. Cārvāka; T. rgyang 'phen pa) or Brihaspati (Skt. Bṛhaspati; T. phur bu pa)

The tenet systems (siddhānta) of these schools are studied by Tibetan scholars along with the four Buddhist tenet systems.[2]

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