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‖ Sankhya|ˈsaːŋkia|
Forms: 8–9 Sanchya; 9– Sankhya, Samkhya.
[Skr. sāṃkhya, lit. = relating to number, prob. referring to the ‘enumeration’ of the twenty-five principles of the philosophy.]
One of the six orthodox systems of Hindu philosophy, based on a dualism of matter and soul.
1788G. Caul in Asiatick Researches I. 344 Both these works contain a studied and accurate enumeration of natural bodies and their principles; whence this philosophy is named Sánc'hya. 1808H. T. Colebrooke Amarasimha's Cósha; or, Dict. Sanskrit Lang. iii. iv. §xxvi, The third quality, according to the Sán'chya system of philosophy: darkness or illusion, contrasted to truth and passion. 1838Penny Cycl. XII. 234/1 The Sânkhya system of philosophy..maintains that true knowledge can alone secure perfect deliverance from evil. 1877Monier Williams Hinduism 193 The Sānkhya philosophy, founded by a sage named Kapila, though probably prior in date, is generally studied next to the Nyāya, and is more categorically dualistic. 1934J. Baillie And Life Everlasting v. 117 In opposition to such monism, arose the dualistic Sankhya system. According to this teaching human souls are not all united in one impersonal atman, but exist separately, each in its own right. 1957Encycl. Brit. XII. 251/1 The Sāmkhya is a reaction against the idealistic monism of the Upanishads. It believes in a real matter and an infinite plurality of individual souls which are not emanations of a single world-soul. 1959Listener 17 Sept. 431/2 This [religion] again has resemblances to Brāhmanism and to Sānkhya. 1977J. Hewitt Yoga & Meditation iii. 19 Yoga borrows extensively from the Samkhya (or Sankhya) system. |