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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Madhya 9.42
tārkika-mīmāmsaka, yata māyāvādi-gana
sāńkhya, pātañjala, smriti, purāna, āgama
SYNONYMS
tārkika — logicians; mīmāmsaka — followers of Mīmāmsā philosophy; yata — all; māyāvādi-gana — followers of Śańkarācārya; sāńkhya — followers of Kapila; pātañjala — followers of mystic yoga; smriti — supplementary Vedic literatures; purāna — Purānas; āgama — the tantra-śāstras.
TRANSLATION
There are many kinds of philosophers. Some are logicians who follow Gautama or Kanāda. Some follow the Mīmāmsā 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 smriti-śāstra composed of twenty religious scriptures, and others follow the Purānas and the tantra-śāstra. In this way there are many different types of philosophers.
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