A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.435
A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.435
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DARSANA. ‘Demonstration.’ The Shad-darsanas or six demonstrations, *i.e.*, the six schools of Hindu philosophy. All these schools have one starting-point, *ex nihilo nihil fit*; and all have one and the same final object, the emancipation of the soul from future birth and existence, and its absorption into the supreme soul of the universe. These schools are :—