Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya-lila Chapter 9 Verse 42

Madhya-līlā | Chapter 9: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's Travels to the Holy Places

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 9.42

tārkika-mīmāḿsaka, yata māyāvādi-gaṇa

sāńkhya, pātañjala, smṛti, purāṇa, āgama

SYNONYMS

tārkika — logicians; mīmāḿsaka — followers of Mīmāḿsā philosophy; yata — all; māyāvādi-gaṇa — followers of Śańkarācārya; sāńkhya — followers of Kapila; pātañjala — followers of mystic yoga; smṛti — supplementary Vedic literatures; purāṇa — Purāṇas; āgama — the tantra-śāstras.

TRANSLATION

There are many kinds of philosophers. Some are logicians who follow Gautama or Kaṇāda. Some follow the Mīmāḿsā philosophy of Jaimini. Some follow the Māyāvāda philosophy of Śańkarācārya, and others follow Kapila's Sāńkhya philosophy or the mystic yoga system of Patañjali. Some follow the smṛti-śāstra composed of twenty religious scriptures, and others follow the Purāṇas and the tantra-śāstra. In this way there are many different types of philosophers.

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