DARSANA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Darsana mean? 

• DARSANA (noun)
  The noun DARSANA has 1 sense:

1. (from the Sanskrit word for 'to see') one of six orthodox philosophical systems or viewpoints on the nature of reality and the release from bondage to karma

  Familiarity information: DARSANA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DARSANA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(from the Sanskrit word for 'to see') one of six orthodox philosophical systems or viewpoints on the nature of reality and the release from bondage to karma

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Darsana" is a kind of...):

Hindooism; Hinduism (a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils)

Domain category:

Sanskrit; Sanskritic language ((Hinduism) an ancient language of India (the language of the Vedas and of Hinduism); an official language of India although it is now used only for religious purposes)