Indian philosophical texts (Darśanas)

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Indian philosophical texts (Darśanas) are classical schools of Hindu thought that systematically explore metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and liberation through rigorous reasoning and scriptural interpretation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu philosophical system
philosophical tradition
school of thought
associatedWithReligion Hinduism
concernedWith karma
liberation (moksha)
means of valid knowledge (pramāṇa)
nature of reality
nature of self (ātman)
rebirth (saṃsāra)
developedOverPeriod ancient India
classical India
drawOnScripture Bhagavad Gītā
Upaniṣads
Vedas
emphasize commentarial traditions
systematic argumentation
employConcept dharma
guṇas
prakṛti
puruṣārthas
īśvara
hasDomain epistemology
ethics
metaphysics
soteriology
hasGoal liberation (moksha)
includesSchool Mīmāṃsā
Nyāya
Sāṃkhya
Vaiśeṣika
Vedānta
Yoga
influence Indian ethics
Indian logic
Indian metaphysics
Indian religious practice
languageOfComposition Sanskrit
originatedIn Indian subcontinent
relatedTo Hindu theological literature
Indian logical texts
studiedIn Indology
comparative philosophy
traditionallyDividedInto nāstika schools
āstika schools
usesMethod rigorous reasoning
scriptural interpretation

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Samkhya ("Hindu philosophy")
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Sanskrit
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