Samkhya

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Indian philosophical school astika school of Hindu philosophy darshana dualistic philosophy metaphysical system

Samkhya is an ancient Indian philosophical system that explains reality through a dualism of consciousness (purusha) and matter (prakriti), forming one of the foundational schools of Hindu thought.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Samkhya canonical 11
Sāṃkhya 4
Samkhya philosophy 2

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian philosophical school ⓘ
astika school of Hindu philosophy ⓘ
darshana ⓘ
dualistic philosophy ⓘ
metaphysical system ⓘ
aimsAt discrimination between purusha and prakriti ⓘ
associatedWithPhilosopher Ishvarakrishna ⓘ
Kapila ⓘ
Vijnanabhikshu ⓘ
centralConcept gunas ⓘ
prakriti ⓘ
purusha ⓘ
tattvas ⓘ
coreDoctrine dualism of purusha and prakriti ⓘ
cosmologyIncludes ahamkara ⓘ
evolution of 24 tattvas from prakriti ⓘ
five jnanendriyas ⓘ
five karmendriyas ⓘ
five mahabhutas ⓘ
five tanmatras ⓘ
mahat or buddhi ⓘ
manas ⓘ
definesGunasAs rajas ⓘ
sattva ⓘ
tamas ⓘ
epistemologyRecognizes inference ⓘ
perception ⓘ
verbal testimony ⓘ
goal kaivalya ⓘ
hasText Samkhyakarika ⓘ
Tattvasamasa ⓘ
Yuktidipika ⓘ
commentaries on Samkhyakarika ⓘ
historicalPeriod pre-classical and classical period of Indian philosophy ⓘ
influenced Indian epistemology and metaphysics ⓘ
Vedanta debates on self and matter ⓘ
Raja Yoga ⓘ
surface form: Yoga school of Patanjali

classical Yoga philosophy ⓘ
language Sanskrit ⓘ
liberationAchievedBy knowledge of distinction between seer and seen ⓘ
originatesFrom ancient India ⓘ
regardsSufferingAs result of misidentification of purusha with prakriti ⓘ
relatedSchool Classical Yoga ⓘ
Vaisheshika ⓘ
surface form: Nyaya-Vaisheshika

Vedanta ⓘ
teaches eternality of purusha ⓘ
liberation through discriminative knowledge ⓘ
plurality of purushas ⓘ
unconsciousness of prakriti ⓘ
traditionOf Indian philosophical texts (Darśanas) ⓘ
surface form: Hindu philosophy
viewOnGod classical system is generally non-theistic ⓘ

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Hinduism → hasPhilosophicalSchool → Samkhya ⓘ
Mimamsa → contrastsWith → Samkhya ⓘ
Indian philosophical texts (Darśanas) → includesSchool → Samkhya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sāṃkhya
Indian philosophy → includesSchool → Samkhya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sāṃkhya
ancient India → philosophicalTradition → Samkhya ⓘ
subject surface form: Ancient India
Yuktidipika → associatedWithPhilosophicalSchool → Samkhya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sāṃkhya
Classical Yoga → philosophicalAffiliation → Samkhya ⓘ
Classical Yoga → isCloselyAlignedWith → Samkhya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Samkhya philosophy
Ishvarakrishna → philosophicalSchool → Samkhya ⓘ
Ishvarakrishna → fieldOfWork → Samkhya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Samkhya philosophy
Ishvarakrishna → philosophicalSchool → Samkhya ⓘ
subject surface form: Samkhyakarika
Kapila → associatedWith → Samkhya ⓘ
Kapila → founderOf → Samkhya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Samkhya school of Hindu philosophy
Kapila → philosophicalSchool → Samkhya ⓘ
Vijnanabhikshu → philosophicalSchool → Samkhya ⓘ
Samkhyakarika → hasPhilosophicalSchool → Samkhya ⓘ
Tattvasamasa → belongsToTradition → Samkhya ⓘ
Tattvasamasa → belongsToSchool → Samkhya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Samkhya school of Indian philosophy
Cārvāka → opposedTo → Samkhya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sāṃkhya