Samkhyasutra
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Samkhyasutra is an ancient foundational text of the Sāṃkhya school of Indian philosophy, traditionally attributed to the sage Kapila and concerned with enumerating and analyzing the fundamental principles of reality.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Samkhyasutra canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu scripture
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Sanskrit text ⓘ Sāṃkhya text ⓘ philosophical text ⓘ |
| aimsAt |
attainment of liberation
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discriminative knowledge (viveka-jñāna) ⓘ |
| associatedWithReligion | Hinduism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithSchool | Sāṃkhya ⓘ |
| belongsToTradition | orthodox (āstika) Hindu philosophy ⓘ |
| concernedWith |
cosmology
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nature of self ⓘ theory of knowledge ⓘ |
| cosmologicalView | evolution of the universe from primordial prakṛti ⓘ |
| dealsWith |
cause and effect (satkāryavāda)
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classification of mental faculties ⓘ proofs for the existence of puruṣa ⓘ suffering and its cessation ⓘ |
| discussesConcept |
bondage (saṃsāra)
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guṇas ⓘ liberation (mokṣa) ⓘ prakṛti ⓘ puruṣa ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
analysis of fundamental principles of reality
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enumeration of tattvas ⓘ |
| genre | Darśana śāstra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Sankhyasutra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Sāṃkhyasūtra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalAuthenticity | questioned in contemporary Indology ⓘ |
| influenced |
Indian philosophical debates on causation
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classical Yoga philosophy ⓘ later Sāṃkhya commentarial literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Sāṃkhya philosophy
NERFINISHED
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epistemology ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ |
| ontologicalView | plurality of puruṣas ⓘ |
| originatesFromRegion | Indian subcontinent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Sāṃkhya textual tradition ⓘ |
| philosophicalPosition | dualism of puruṣa and prakṛti ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | Sāṃkhya darśana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Sāṃkhyakārikā NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scripturalStatus | foundational text for Sāṃkhya school (traditional view) ⓘ |
| teachesMethod | discriminative insight between puruṣa and prakṛti ⓘ |
| textType | aphoristic treatise ⓘ |
| traditionalAuthorshipStatus | disputed among modern scholars ⓘ |
| traditionallyAttributedTo | Kapila NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesForm | sūtra ⓘ |
| writtenInLanguage | Sanskrit ⓘ |
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