Darshan (Indian religions)

A darshana literally means a glimpse or view. In a Hindu temple, the term refers to viewing the garbhagriha (inner sanctum) of the temple, which hosts the murti (image of a god). Devotees taking darshana of the god Vishnu in the inner sanctum of the Chennakeshava Temple, Belur.

In Indian religions, Darshana, also spelt Darshan, (Sanskrit: दर्शन, IAST: darśana lit.'showing, appearance,[1] view, sight') or Darshanam (darśanam) is the auspicious sight of a deity or a holy person.[2]

The term also refers to any one of the six traditional schools of Hindu philosophy and their literature on spirituality and soteriology.[3]

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  2. ^ Flood 2011, p. 194.
  3. ^ Klostermaier 2008, p. 26.

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