Dharmaśāstra vis-à-vis Mokṣaśāstra: The Special Position of the Veda in the Philosophies in India

The principal philosophical systems of India are divided into two branches: āstika and nāstika. This division, however, is basically religious, not philosophical or logical. Whatever might have been the original meanings of these two terms, so far as Indian philosophical literature is concerned, āst...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:bd66cfcef2f7494ea82619f7957e1ef42021-12-02T12:17:46ZDharmaśāstra vis-à-vis Mokṣaśāstra: The Special Position of the Veda in the Philosophies in Indiahttps://doi.org/10.21500/22563202.35781794-192X2256-3202https://doaj.org/article/bd66cfcef2f7494ea82619f7957e1ef42016-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistas.usb.edu.co/index.php/GuillermoOckham/article/view/3578/2865https://doaj.org/toc/1794-192Xhttps://doaj.org/toc/2256-3202The principal philosophical systems of India are divided into two branches: āstika and nāstika. This division, however, is basically religious, not philosophical or logical. Whatever might have been the original meanings of these two terms, so far as Indian philosophical literature is concerned, āstika means Veda-abiding and nāstika, non-Veda-abiding. This is an instance of the intrusion of Dharmaśāstra into Mokṣaśāstra: the rules of religious law operating on what was claimed to be the science of freedom (mokṣa/mukti). Thus, religious law had its position asserted and the materialists along with the Jains and the Buddhists were declared to be outside the Vedic fold.Ramkrishna BhattacharyaUniversidad de San BuenaventuraarticleĀstikaDharmaśāstraMokṣaśāstranāstikavedaSocial sciences (General)H1-99ENESRevista Guillermo de Ockham, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 9-20 (2016)
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topic Āstika
Dharmaśāstra
Mokṣaśāstra
nāstika
veda
Social sciences (General)
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Dharmaśāstra
Mokṣaśāstra
nāstika
veda
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Ramkrishna Bhattacharya
Dharmaśāstra vis-à-vis Mokṣaśāstra: The Special Position of the Veda in the Philosophies in India
description The principal philosophical systems of India are divided into two branches: āstika and nāstika. This division, however, is basically religious, not philosophical or logical. Whatever might have been the original meanings of these two terms, so far as Indian philosophical literature is concerned, āstika means Veda-abiding and nāstika, non-Veda-abiding. This is an instance of the intrusion of Dharmaśāstra into Mokṣaśāstra: the rules of religious law operating on what was claimed to be the science of freedom (mokṣa/mukti). Thus, religious law had its position asserted and the materialists along with the Jains and the Buddhists were declared to be outside the Vedic fold.
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title Dharmaśāstra vis-à-vis Mokṣaśāstra: The Special Position of the Veda in the Philosophies in India
title_short Dharmaśāstra vis-à-vis Mokṣaśāstra: The Special Position of the Veda in the Philosophies in India
title_full Dharmaśāstra vis-à-vis Mokṣaśāstra: The Special Position of the Veda in the Philosophies in India
title_fullStr Dharmaśāstra vis-à-vis Mokṣaśāstra: The Special Position of the Veda in the Philosophies in India
title_full_unstemmed Dharmaśāstra vis-à-vis Mokṣaśāstra: The Special Position of the Veda in the Philosophies in India
title_sort dharmaśāstra vis-à-vis mokṣaśāstra: the special position of the veda in the philosophies in india
publisher Universidad de San Buenaventura
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