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The Six Darsanas (Shad Darshanas, Sanskrit षड्दर्शनानि) are the intellectual section of the Hindu writings. They are schools of philosophy based on the Vedas. <ref>Swami Sivananda, All About Hinduism, Page 47-51</ref>  

The Six Darsanas (Shad Darshanas, Sanskrit षड्दर्शनानि) are the intellectual section of the Hindu writings. They are schools of philosophy based on the Vedas. <ref name=":0">Swami Sivananda, All About Hinduism, Page 47-51</ref>  

<blockquote>कणादेन तु संप्रोक्तं शास्त्रं वैशेषिकं महत् । गौतमेन तथा न्यायं सांख्यं तु कपिलेन वै ॥ </blockquote><blockquote>kaṇādena tu saṃproktaṃ śāstraṃ vaiśeṣikaṃ mahat । gautamena tathā nyāyaṃ sāṃkhyaṃ tu kapilena vai ॥ </blockquote>Meaning : The great Vaisheshika shastra has been given by Kanada, while the Nyaya shastra was elucidated by Gautama Rishi, and Sankhya shastra was by Kapila Rishi.

<blockquote>कणादेन तु संप्रोक्तं शास्त्रं वैशेषिकं महत् । गौतमेन तथा न्यायं सांख्यं तु कपिलेन वै ॥<ref>Padma Purana</ref> </blockquote><blockquote>kaṇādena tu saṃproktaṃ śāstraṃ vaiśeṣikaṃ mahat । gautamena tathā nyāyaṃ sāṃkhyaṃ tu kapilena vai ॥ </blockquote>Meaning : The great Vaisheshika shastra has been given by Kanada, while the Nyaya shastra was elucidated by Gautama Rishi, and Sankhya shastra was by Kapila Rishi.

Above Shloka from from Padma Purana shows that these darshanas belong to ancient period and are not of later time period as popularly believed.

These are the six systems of Hindu philosophy which are known as Shad Darsanas. They are:

These are the six systems of Hindu philosophy which are known as Shad Darsanas. They are:

Indian Philosophy has six Aastika schools called the Shad-darsana--the six ways of seeing things, the six different schools of thought. The six schools of philosophy are six demonstrations of Truth. Each school has developed, systematised and correlated the various parts of the Veda in its own way. Each system has its Sutrakara, i.e. the one great Rishi, who systematised the doctrines of the school and put them in short aphorisms or Sutras.<ref name=":0" />

# उत्तरमीमांसा || Uttara Mimamsa or वेदान्त || Vedanta. 

The Sutras are terse and laconic. The Rishis have condensed their thoughts in the aphorisms. It is very difficult to understand them without the help of commentaries by great sages or Rishis. Hence, there arose many commentators or Bhashyakaras. These [[Bhashya|Bhashyas]]  are glosses, notes and commentaries on the original commentaries.

Indian Philosophy has six Aastika schools called the Shad-darsana--the six Darsanas or ways of seeing things, usually

called the

The Shad-Darsanas (the six schools

commentaries on the original commentaries. The Shad-Darsanas (the six schools

of philosophy) or the Shat-Sastras are: the NYAYA, founded by Gautama Rishi,

of philosophy) or the Shat-Sastras are: the NYAYA, founded by Gautama Rishi,

the VAISESHIKA by Kanada Rishi, the SANKHYA by Kapila Muni, the YOGA by

the VAISESHIKA by Kanada Rishi, the SANKHYA by Kapila Muni, the YOGA by

rationalistic method of approach. They are: the Nyaya and the Vaiseshika, the

rationalistic method of approach. They are: the Nyaya and the Vaiseshika, the

Sankhya and the Yoga, and the Mimamsa and the Vedanta. Each set of Sutras has

Sankhya and the Yoga, and the Mimamsa and the Vedanta. Each set of Sutras has

got its Bhashya, Vritti, Vaartika, Vyakhyanc or Tika and Tippani.  

got its Bhashya, Vritti, Vaartika, Vyakhyanc or Tika and Tippani.

Sutra Svalpaksharam-asandigdham Saravad-visvatomukham

Sutra Svalpaksharam-asandigdham Saravad-visvatomukham