Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A system of Hindu philosophy based on a dualism involving the ultimate principles of soul and potential matter.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the six leading systems of Hindu philosophy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A Hindu system of philosophy which refers all things to soul and a rootless germ called
prakriti , consisting of three elements, goodness, passion, and darkness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun Alternative spelling of
Samkhya .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Another great school of Hindu philosophy is the philosophy of Kapila, generally known as the Sankhya system.
Reincarnation and the Law of Karma A Study of the Old-New World-Doctrine of Rebirth, and Spiritual Cause and Effect William Walker Atkinson 1897
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There are diverse kinds of cults, O royal sage, that go by diverse names such as Sankhya, Yoga, the Pancha-ratra, Vedas, and Pasupati.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Having given direction to it, Prof. Rao is now sculpting a form to his new conception, a first-of-its-kind museum on statistics to be named 'Sankhya'.
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According to Sankhya philosophy, it's because our consciousness identifies with our mind and our senses.
Archive 2009-04-10 2009
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According to Sankhya philosophy, it's because our consciousness identifies with our mind and our senses.
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The same principle - Agni, Vayu and Indra of the Veda, or Sattwa, Raja, Tama of the Sankhya - operate everywhere and always, be it yoga or education, art or literature, history or politics.
Difference is a sentiment and not an ontological component Tusar N Mohapatra 2008
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The same principle - Agni, Vayu and Indra of the Veda, or Sattwa, Raja, Tama of the Sankhya - operate everywhere and always, be it yoga or education, art or literature, history or politics.
Archive 2008-08-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2008
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Sankhya, enumeration and analysis, is science and epistemology; while, Yoga, synthesis, is philosophy and ontology.
Archive 2007-08-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2007
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Sankhya, enumeration and analysis, is science and epistemology; while, Yoga, synthesis, is philosophy and ontology.
From Sankhya to Yoga Tusar N Mohapatra 2007
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This was known to the Hindus even before the Buddha, for Kapila, the author of Sankhya, says: “The effect is in the essence, pre-existent to the apparent cause.”
What is the destiny of man? Tusar N Mohapatra 2006
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