Definitions
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- noun Hinduism Technical term in
Hinduism used to classifyphilosophical schools and persons, according to whether they accept the authority of theVedas as supreme revealed scriptures, or not.
Etymologies
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From Sanskrit आस्तिक (āstika, "orthodox, believing, pious, faithful"), from अस्ति (asti, ""is, exists", believing, pious").
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Examples
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A long long time ago Samkhya and Yoga ceased to exist as seperate ideologies even though they are still numbered amongst the traditional astika 6.
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Rāja Yoga is one of the six orthodox (astika) schools of Hindu philosophy, outlined by the sage Patanjali in his Yoga Sutras.
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