The five great events of the life of the Buddha, also known as the Pancha Maha Bhutika or Five Great Wonders, are important milestones in the life of...
School Name Propounders Advaita Adi Sahnakar and his Guru Gaudapada Vishishtadvaita Rāmānuja Dvaita Madhwāchārya Dvaitādvaita Nimbarka Shuddhādvaita Vallabha Achintya Bhedābheda Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Purnādvaita or Integral Advaita Shri Arubindo...
Mimansa means investigation or enquiry. The primary enquiry is into the nature of dharma based on close theology of the Vedas. It has two divisions, Purva Mimansa and...
Yuj means “control” and Yoga also mean to “add”. This philosophy is very close to Samkhya and can be easily distinguished as Yoga= Samkhya + Divinity. Thus, yoga...
Samkhya is the oldest of the Aastika or Orthodox philosophical systems in Hinduism. Samkhya means Enumeration. The founder of the Sankya school of Philosophy was Maharishi Kapil. Basic...
Vaisheshsika is a kind of Atomism. It was proposed by Maharishi Kanaad. It postulates that all objects in the physical universe are reducible to a finite number of...
Literally means recursion. It is based on texts known as the Nyaya Sutras, which were written by Aksapada Gautama from around the 2nd century AD. The basic theme...
Shatdarshana are 6 orthodox schools of Hindu Philosophy. They are as follows School Author Beginning Main Book Nyaya Gautama 6th Century BC Nyayasutra Vaisheshika Kanaad 6th century BC...
The Aranyakas were written in Forests and are concluding parts of the Brahmans. Aranyakas don’t lay much emphasis on rites, ritual and sacrifices but have philosophy and mysticism....
