Sadhana-Chatushtaya
Sādhana-Catuṣṭaya (IAST)Translation: "the fourfold aid to the study of Vedānta"
A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy
Sanskrit: साधनचतुष्टय
Transliteration: Sādhana-Catuṣṭaya
Translation: "the fourfold aid to the study of Vedānta"
Definition:
- According to Advaita Vedānta, these four comprise the proximate aid to liberation. They are the ability to discriminate between the transient and the eternal (Nitya-Anitya-Vastu-Viveka); the absence of desire for securing pleasure or pain either here or elsewhere (Iha-Amutra-Artha-Phala-Vairāgya); the attainment of calmness, temperance, spirit of renunciation, fortitude, power of concentration of mind, and faith (Śama-Damādi-Sādhana, Sampatti); and an intense desire for liberation (Mumukṣutva).
Reference:
- Grimes, John (1996). A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy: Sanskrit Terms Defined in English. Albany: State University of New York Press
