Six orthodox Hindu schools
Six orthodox Hindu schools. A group of six systems (ṣaḍdarśana) that considered the Vedas as an authoritative source of knowledge.[1]
After the shramana movements such as Buddhism and Jainism arose in India, Hindu scholars began to distinguish between orthodox (Skt. āstika) and heterodox (Skt. nāstika) schools. Schools that accepted the revelatory status of the Vedas were considered orthodox. And schools such as Buddhism and Jainism, that rejected the authority of the Vedas, were considered heterodox.[1] The Charvaka school was also considered heterodox.
The main six orthodox schools are:[1][2]
The Samkhya and Yoga schools share a common metaphysics in their earliest writings, Nyaya and Vaisheshika both deal with logic and proto-science, and Mimamsa and Vedanta are based on the interpretation of Vedic literature.[3]
See also
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Flood 1996, pp. 231–2.
- ↑ Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "darshan". Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Aug. 2019, https://www.britannica.com/topic/darshan.
- ↑ Rodrigues 2006, p. 193.
Sources
- Flood, Gavin (1996), An Introduction to Hinduism, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 81-7596-028-0
- Rodrigues, Hillary (2006), Introducing Hinduism, New York: Routledge
Further reading
Āstika and nāstika, Wikipedia
