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darsana

darsana noun: a philosophy, worldview.

Noun

darsana (plural darsanas)

  1. (India) A philosophy, worldview.
    • In presenting its ‘view’ of the truth, each darśana is as it were describing what it is that its practitioners will ‘see’.2000, Sue Hamilton, Indian Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction, OUP, published 2001, page 12

Forms of darsana

pluraldarsanas
alternative formdarśana
alternative formdarshan
alternative formdarshana

Origin of darsana

Borrowed from Sanskrit दर्शन (dárśana).

Questions about darsana

What does darsana mean?
Darsana means a philosophy, worldview.
What part of speech is darsana?
Darsana is a noun.
What is the plural of darsana?
The plural of darsana is darsanas.

Words near darsana in the dictionary

  1. Darrows
  2. Darrowses
  3. darrs
  4. Darryl
  5. dars
  6. darsana
  7. darsanas
  8. darse
  9. darsen't
  10. Darsey
  11. Darseys

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