Darśana
दर्शननपुंसकलिङ्ग (neutro) · दृश् धातु (dṛś — ver) + ल्युट् प्रत्यय
darśana
Tradition and Teaching
AI translationVision; philosophical system founded on a perception of reality
Darśana has two complementary senses. (1) Direct vision of truth, as in 'ātma-darśana' — immediate perception of the Self. (2) Philosophical system: the six classical darśanas of India are Nyāya, Vaiśeṣika, Sāṅkhya, Yoga, Mīmāṃsā, and Vedānta. Vedānta is called a 'darśana' not because it is speculation, but because, through method, it leads to direct vision of the ātman-Brahman identity.
Occurrence in the corpus
॥ ५२ ॥ 【भाष्यम्】 सुदुर्दर्शं सुष्ठु दुःखेन दर्शनम् अस्य इति सुदुर्दर्शम् इदं रूपं दृष्टवान् असि यत् मम देवादयः अपि अस्य मम रूपस्य नित्यं सर्वदा दर्शनकाङ्क्षिणः दर्शनेप्सवोऽपि त्वमिव दृष्टवन्तः द्रक्ष्यन्ति इति अभिप्रायः
|| 52 || 【bhāṣyam】 sudurdarśaṃ suṣṭhu duḥkhena darśanam asya iti sudurdarśam idaṃ rūpaṃ dṛṣṭavān asi yat mama devādayaḥ api asya mama rūpasya nityaṃ sarvadā darśanakāṅkṣiṇaḥ darśanepsavo'pi tvamiva dṛṣṭavantaḥ drakṣyanti iti abhiprāyaḥ
— Bhagavad Gītā Bhāṣya →Using this in academic work? Get formal citation
Vishva Vidya (2026). Darśana (दर्शन). Vishva Vidya — Vedanta. https://vedanta.com.br/en/glossary/darshana
Vishva Vidya. "Darśana (दर्शन)." Vishva Vidya — Vedanta, January 1, 2026, https://vedanta.com.br/en/glossary/darshana.
Vishva Vidya. "Darśana (दर्शन)." Vishva Vidya — Vedanta, January 1, 2026. https://vedanta.com.br/en/glossary/darshana.
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