[Advaita-l] shaDdarhana and other unorthodox schools

[Abhilash Shastry]

Sri Ram Garib wrote:
   
  > The above six
> are the generally accepted orthodox schools. However,
> mAdhavAcharya (vidyAraNya), in his
> "sarva-darshan-samgraha" lists thirteen othodox
> schools. He counts dvaita-vedanta and four shaivite
> schools as independent systems.
   
  I never heard about thirteen orthodox schools. I will be grateful if you or some other members can elaborate on this. If vidyAraNya listed thirteen orthodox schools, how did "shad-darshana" come to be accepted almost universally?
   
  --Abhilash

 				
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