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Indian philosophy is generally categorized into six schools – Yoga, Sankhya, Vedanta, Vaisheshika, Nyaya and Mimamsa. However, dive deeply and you will find several others. Madhava’s Sarvadarsanasaṃgraha (Survey of the Major Philosophical Systems) discusses sixteen philosophical schools. Among these are schools at odds with the conventional Hindu philosophy – Buddhism, Jainism and materialism. Yoga dealsContinue reading “Schools of Indian Philosophy – An Overview”