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[[File:Shad darshanas flowchart.PNG|thumb|400x400px|The Six Astika Darshanas]]
[[File:Shad darshanas flowchart.PNG|thumb|400x400px|The Six Astika Darshanas]]
The Six Darsanas or Shad Darshanas (Samskrit : षड्दर्शनानि) include the intellectual and theological discussions of concepts found in Bharatiya siddhantas (सिद्धान्तः । theory). Bharatiya darshana granthas have been intensely emphatic on practical realization of truth as against the Western Philosophy which is essentially an intellectual quest for truth.<ref name=":22" />
The Six Darsanas or Shad Darshanas (Samskrit : षड्दर्शनानि) include the intellectual and theological discussions of concepts found in Bharatiya siddhantas (सिद्धान्तः । theory). Bharatiya darshana granthas have been intensely emphatic on practical realization of truth as against the Western Philosophy which is essentially an intellectual quest for truth.<ref name=":22" />
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== व्युत्पत्तिः || Etymology ==
== व्युत्पत्तिः || Etymology ==
# योगः || Yoga (Maharishi Patanjali)
# योगः || Yoga (Maharishi Patanjali)
# पूर्वमीमांसा || Poorva [[Mimamsa Darsana|Mimamsa]] (Jaimini)
# पूर्वमीमांसा || Poorva [[Mimamsa Darsana|Mimamsa]] (Jaimini)
# उत्तरमीमांसा || Uttara Mimamsa or वेदान्त || [[Vedanta]] (Badarayana or Vyasa)
# उत्तरमीमांसा || Uttara Mimamsa or [[Vedanta (वेदान्तः)|Vedanta]] (Badarayana or Vyasa)
These are often grouped by twos, taken in order, since the are allied to each other. They last pair, (Poorva and Uttara Mimamsa, however, are not so closely akin in their theoretical aspects, according to a few scholars. They are the two schools which are directly based on the Veda. The remaining four schools, in their present form, declare allegiance to the Veda, but it is doubtful whether they were Vedic from the beginning of their history. Astika Darshanas regard the realm of being as by no means exhausted by common experience and acknowledges a unique ''pramana'' for knowing what lies beyond. It may be further divided into two classes <ref name=":32">Hiriyanna. M. (1949) ''The Essentials of Indian Philosophy.'' London : George Allen and Unwin Ltd.</ref>
These are often grouped by twos, taken in order, since the are allied to each other. They last pair, (Poorva and Uttara Mimamsa, however, are not so closely akin in their theoretical aspects, according to a few scholars. They are the two schools which are directly based on the Veda. The remaining four schools, in their present form, declare allegiance to the Veda, but it is doubtful whether they were Vedic from the beginning of their history. Astika Darshanas regard the realm of being as by no means exhausted by common experience and acknowledges a unique ''pramana'' for knowing what lies beyond. It may be further divided into two classes <ref name=":32">Hiriyanna. M. (1949) ''The Essentials of Indian Philosophy.'' London : George Allen and Unwin Ltd.</ref>