Vaisheshika
(Vaiśeṣika ; वैशॆषिक)
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Literally, "referring to the distinctions;" Hindu philosophy of nature. |
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Literally, "referring to the distinctions;" The Hindu philosophy of nature, including an analysis of the various categories and objects of sensory experience; one of the six orthodox darśanas, or perspectives, of classical Hinduism. |
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The Fullness of God: Frithjof Schuon on Christianity, by Frithjof Schuon, edited by Dr. James S. Cutsinger |
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darsana |
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