[Advaita-l] Re: The 6 darshana-s

[Prem Pahlajrai]

> 1. What is the historical basis for the classification of the 6
> darshana-s? Is there any traditional  source that brings out this
> classification?

I explored this question in a paper I wrote titled "Doxographies - Why 
six darśanas? Which six?" for the 2004 Graduate Student Colloquium at 
the University of Washington. The paper is available at:
   http://students.washington.edu/prem/Colloquium04-Doxographies.pdf

Namaste,


Prem.