Samyak Darshana

(सम्यक दर्शन)

Literal Meaning

Right faith / right perception

Etymology & Sanskrit Root

'Samyak' (right/correct) plus 'darshana' (perception, faith); the first of the three jewels — unwavering faith in the truth taught by the Tirthankaras.

Spiritual Insight & Context

Without samyak darshana, even knowledge and right conduct cannot lead toward liberation — it is the foundation on which the other two jewels stand.

Where Samyak Darshana Comes Up

Munisuvrata, in Whose Age Rama Lived

The story of the twentieth Tirthankara, born to King Sumitra and Queen Padmavati at Rajgir, in whose distant era Jain tradition places the events later retold in its own Ramayana, the Paumacariya.

The Three Jewels of Jainism

Ratnatraya

Dilwara Temples of Mount Abu

Marble Jain Sanctuaries