Meanings
noundarsana (plural darsanas)
plural darsanas · alternative darśana · alternative darshan · alternative darshana
- Indiahuman sciencesA philosophy, worldview.
In presenting its ‘view’ of the truth, each darśana is as it were describing what it is that its practitioners will ‘see’.
2000, Sue Hamilton, Indian Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction, OUP, published 2001, page 12
Origin
- Sanskritदर्शन
- Englishdarsana
Borrowed from Sanskrit दर्शन (dárśana).
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