"Samkhya is not one of the systems of Indian philosophy. Samkhya is the philosophy of India!" Gopinath Kaviraj Samkhya or Sankhya (/ˈsɑːŋkjə/; Sanskrit:...
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Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (section Samkhya)
purusha from prakriti's muddled defilements. The Yoga Sutras built on Samkhya notions of purusha and prakriti, and is often seen as complementary to...
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The Samkhya Yoga (Sanskrit: सांख्ययोग, romanized: Sāṃkhyayoga) is the second of the eighteen chapters of the Bhagavad Gita. The chapter has a total of...
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wisdomlib.org. Retrieved 2024-10-10. Kapila (1974). The Samkhya Philosophy, Containing (1) Sâmkhya-pravachana Sûtram: With the Vritti of Aniruddha, and the...
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Hindu philosophy (section Sāmkhya)
knowledge. Of these six, Samkhya (सांख्य) is the earliest school of dualism; Yoga (योग) combines the metaphysics of Samkhya with meditation and breath...
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The Samkhya Pravachana Sutra (Sanskrit: सांख्यप्रवचन सूत्र Sāṁkhyapravacanasūtra) is a collection of major Sanskrit texts of the Samkhya school of Hindu...
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mentioned as a separate school of thought in Indian texts, distinct from Samkhya. Ancient, medieval and most modern literature often refers to Yoga-philosophy...
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Samkhyakarika (redirect from Samkhya Karika)
(Sanskrit: सांख्यकारिका, Sāṁkhyakārikā) is the earliest surviving text of the Samkhya school of Indian philosophy. The text's original composition date is unknown...
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Sattva (section Samkhya Philosophy)
attributes), a philosophical and psychological concept understood by the Samkhya school of Hindu philosophy. The other two qualities are rajas (passion...
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Buddhism. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, the classical text on Hindu yoga, samkhya-based but influenced by Buddhism, dates to the early centuries of the Common...
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Cakradhanus, is a Vedic sage in Hindu tradition, regarded the founder of the Samkhya school of Hindu philosophy. His influence on Buddha and Buddhism have long...
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matter, phenomenal universe" in Hindu texts. According to Dan Lusthaus, In Sāṃkhya puruṣa signifies the observer, the 'witness'. Prakṛti includes all the...
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Solipsism (section Samkhya and Yoga)
development of distinct schools of Indian philosophy, Advaita Vedanta and Samkhya schools are thought to have originated concepts similar to solipsism.[citation...
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History of metaphysics (section Sāṃkhya)
the Samkhya school. The existence of God or supreme being is not directly asserted, nor considered relevant by the Samkhya philosophers. Sāṃkhya denies...
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(Sanskrit: महत्तत्त्व, romanized: Mahattattva) or mahat is a concept in the Samkhya philosophy of Hinduism. It is the first evolute of Prakriti, the causeless...
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Ātman (Hinduism) (section Samkhya)
consciousness or witness-consciousness as exemplified by the Purusha of Samkhya. It is distinct from the ever-evolving embodied individual being (jivanatman)...
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Bihu Puthandu Vishu Ratha Yatra Philosophical schools Six Astika schools Samkhya Yoga Nyaya Vaisheshika Mīmāṃsā Vedanta Advaita Dvaita Vishishtadvaita Achintya...
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Ishvara (section In Samkhya)
Self)". Samkhya is called one of the major atheistic schools of Hindu philososphy by some scholars. Others, such as Jacobsen, believe Samkhya is more...
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nature of language." Indian ideas of nondual awareness developed as proto-Samkhya speculations in ascetic milieus in the 1st millennium BCE, with the notion...
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maintains the earlier distinction, for example, in identifying the school of Sāṃkhya, which is non-theistic (as it does not explicitly affirm the existence...
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to the structure of the universe. The second category encompassing the Samkhya-Yoga and Vedanta, views Akasha as an evolute of something else. The third...
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Moksha (section Sāmkhya, Yoga and mokṣha)
becomes unconscious, second nature. Dharma is thus a means to moksha. The Samkhya school of Hinduism, for example, suggests that one of the paths to moksha...
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Bhutasamkhya system (redirect from Bhuta-samkhya)
The Bhūtasaṃkhyā system is a method of recording numbers in Sanskrit using common nouns having connotations of numerical values. The method was introduced...
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attributes), a philosophical and psychological concept developed by the Samkhya school of Hindu philosophy. The other two qualities are sattva (goodness...
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Isvara Krishna (category Samkhya)
of Samkhyakarika (“Verses on Samkhya”), an account of the universe and its components (tattvas) according to the Samkhya school, one of the six schools...
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manifestations of Saguna Brahman, and as a means to realizing Nirguna Brahman. In Samkhya philosophy, Devata or deities are considered as "natural sources of energy"...
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Purusha (section In Samkhya and Yoga)
Principle that is eternal, indestructible, without form, and all-pervasive. In Samkhya philosophy, Purusha is the plural immobile cosmic principle, pure consciousness...
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Guṇa (section Samkhya school of Hinduism)
attribute, property". The concept is originally notable as a feature of Samkhya philosophy. The guṇas are now a key concept in nearly all schools of Hindu...
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is kindness, Samkhya questions whether it is reasonable to call into existence beings who while non-existent had no suffering. Samkhya postulates that...
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