What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Theophany vs Darshan - What's the difference?

theophany | darshan |

As nouns the difference between theophany and darshan

is that theophany is a manifestation of a deity to a man while darshan is (hinduism|buddhism) hierophany, theophany; being in the presence of the divine or holy (as a person or object).

theophany

English

(wikipedia theophany)

Noun

(theophanies)
  • A manifestation of a deity to a man.
  • * 2009 , (Karen Armstrong), The Case for God , Vintage 2010, p. 47:
    • It was a bewildering theophany , since it was impossible to make out anything clearly in the stormy obscurity of thunder, lightning, smoke and wind.

    Related terms

    * epiphany * hierophany

    darshan

    English

    (wikipedia darshan)

    Noun

  • (Hinduism, Buddhism) Hierophany, theophany; being in the presence of the divine or holy (as a person or object).
  • *{{quote-book
    • , year=2002 , author=S. Brent Plate , title=Religion, Art, and Visual Culture: A Cross-Cultural Reader , chapter= citation , isbn=0-312-24003-1 , page=171 , passage=A common sight in India is a crowd of people gathered in the courtyard of a temple or at the doorway of a streetside shrine for the darshan of the deity.}}
  • *{{quote-book
    • , year=2006 , author=Linda Hess , title=The Life of Hinduism , chapter=8 citation , isbn= , page=183 , passage=Hindus take darshan of a holy person, object, or place, believing that its mere presence, particularly the sight of it, conveys blessings.}}
  • *{{quote-book
    • , year=2007 , author=Editors of Hinduism Today , title=What Is Hinduism?: Modern Adventures Into a Profound Global Faith , chapter= citation , isbn= , page=151 , passage=When approaching a soul who is known to give darshan , be in the same area of the superconscious mind that you feel he must be in.}}