Questions tagged [sankhya]

Questions that deals with Shankhya or Shamkhya (Sanskrit : सांख्य), one of the six darshan/philosophy founded by sage Kapila.

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Is Purusha = Jeeva Atma as per Samkhya?

What exactly is Purusha as per samkhya philosophy? Since samkhya doesn't speak of God or a supreme creator being, then could this purusha be our soul, aka the self, aka jeeva-atma which is full of consciousness? ... If Purusha is actually the soul…
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Philosophy of sankhya

If Purusa and Prakiti are two completely independent realities, then no relation between the two is possible. How does sankara criticise sankhya?
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How to assess the value of the teaching of Samkhya Karika?

Isvara KRshna's Samkhya Karika announces in Karika 1 a solution to human duHka. Karika 2 characterizes the solution as "the right cognition of the manifest, unmanifest and the knower". The quintessence of this cognition is stated in Karika 64 as the…
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