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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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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Mimamsa → contrastsWith → Samkhya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sāṃkhya
this entity surface form: Sāṃkhya