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Of the three orthodox divisions, the Sankhyas, the Naiyayikas, and

the Mimamsakas, the former two, although they existed as

philosophical schools, failed to form any sect. The one sect that now

really covers India is that of the later Mimamsakas or the

Vedantists. Their philosophy is called Vedantism. All the schools of

Hindu philosophy start from the Vedanta or Upanishads, but the

monists took the name to themselves as a speciality, because they

wanted to base the whole of their theology and philosophy upon the

Vedanta and nothing else. In the course of time the Vedanta

prevailed, and all the various sects of India that now exist can be

referred to one or other of its schools. Yet these schools are not

unanimous in their opinions.