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Sarva-darśana-saṃgraha (Sanskrit: सर्वदर्शनसंग्रह; transl. A Compendium of all the Philosophical Systems) is a philosophical text by the 14th-century Indian scholar Mādhavāchārya. In the book, Mādhavāchārya reviews the sixteen philosophical systems current in India at the time, and gives what appeared to him to be their most important tenets, and the principal arguments by which their followers endeavoured to maintain them.[1] Mādhavāchārya is usually identified with Vidyaranya, the Jagadguru of the Śringeri Śarada Pītham from ca. 1374-1380[2][3][4] until 1386.[4][5] However, this has been contested by various scholars.[6]
In the course of his sketches Madhava frequently explains at length obscure details in the different systems.[1] The systems are arranged from the Advaita-point of view. According to Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, the Sarvadarśanasaṅgraha "sketches sixteen systems of thought so as to exhibit a gradually ascending series, culminating in the Advaita Vedanta (or non-dualism)."
- ^ a b Cowell, E. B. (1882). "Preface". Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha by Madhava Acharya. London: Trübner & Co. pp. vi–vii.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Goodding 2013, p. 89.
- ^ Jackson 2016, p. 18.
- ^ a b Dalal 2010, p. entry "Madhavacharya".
- ^ Slaje 1998, p. 115.
- ^ Clark 2006, p. 209, note 114.
