Intuition or indeterminate cognition
Sanskrit: from root dṛś - to see
Most commonly used for "visions of the divine," e.g., of a god or a very holy person or artifact. One could "receive darshana" of the deity in the temple, or from a great saintly person, such as a great guru.Direct perception of reality, insight,...
In Jain Epistemology anakara upayoga consists of four classes of darsana:
- caksuḥ-darsana (eye-cognition or vision);
- acaksuḥ-darsana (cognition by the mind as well as the sense-organs - other than the eye;
- avadhi-darsana
and- kevala-darsana