Sankhya

San·khya

(säng′kyə)

n. Hinduism

A system of Hindu philosophy based on a dualism involving the ultimate principles of soul and potential matter.

[Sanskrit sāṁkhya-, based on enumeration, Sankhya, from saṁkhyā, enumeration : sam, together; see sandhi + khyāti, he tells.]

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Sankhya

(ˈsæŋkjə)

(Philosophy) one of the six orthodox schools of Hindu philosophy, teaching an eternal interaction of spirit and matter

[from Sanskrit sāmkhya, literally: based on calculation, from samkhyāti he reckons]

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San•khya

(ˈsɑŋ kyə)

n.

a system of Hindu philosophy stressing the reality and duality of spirit and matter.

[1780–90; < Skt sāṅkhya]

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"Arre sankhya poochte ho aap, kitne log maare gaye?

Brave warriors do not count bodies: Rajnath answers those questioning casualties in air strike

Their topics include Tantric scriptures in the rNying ma rgyed 'bum believed to have been transmitted to Tibet by Kashmiris: a preliminary survey, elements of ritual speculation in the Abhinavabharati: Abhinavagupta on the visible and invisible purposes of the Purvaranga, a note on the sankhya theory of causation in Utpaladeva's Isvarasiddhi, and Laksanam Aparyalocitabhidhanam--Sobhakara's resistance to Ruyyaka.

Around Abhinavagupta: Aspects of the Intellectual History of Kashmir From the Ninth to the Eleventh Century

My conclusion is that the nature of every great teacher mirrors the dual structure of reality, as laid out in Sankhya, a yoga philosophy: There is spirit or consciousness (purusha) and there is nature (prakriti).

Do Good Gurus Have to be Good People?

They are: (1) Mimamsa, which relies on the ritual practices in the Vedas as the way to salvation; (2) Vedanta, teachings based on the Upanishads; (3) Sankhya, a nontheistic school that instills principles relating to a strict dualism of soul and matter; (4) and (5)

Darshana

Agar parivaar ki sankhya ghatana hai to shikshit kar dijiye.

Illiterate people have more children: Sushil Modi

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