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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What are some verses from the vedas that support sankhya dhyana yoga?
Sankhya is a school of thought in Hinduism. It goes for meditation to attain Moksha.
What are some verses in the Vedas that support meditation to attain Moksha.
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What are the main philosophical differences between Yoga and Samkhya Darshanas?
Samkhya and Yoga are one of the six Astika Darshanas of thoughts in Sanatana Dharma (the other four being Nyaya, Vedanta, Mimamsa and Vaisheshika).
Both Darshanas are said to very closely related. ...
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Do any Puranas or Itihasas explicitly state that Vishnu incarnated as Kapila to delude the masses?
Various Puranas and Itihasas explicitly mention Vishnu incarnating as Buddha to teach an anti-Vedic doctrine in order to deceive certain Asuras from their righteous path.
Kapila, the founder of the ...
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Do we have any segment or fraction of Shashti Tantra surviving today?
Recently while researching on tradition of Sankhya from some articles and research papers [1][2], I have concluded that possible Guru-Shihya parampara would be Kapila > Asuri > Panchashikha > ...
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What is the difference between Sāṅkhya Sutras and Sāṅkhya Pravachana Sutras?
Among the six Darshana Sutras, Sāṅkhya can be said to be oldest one which is written by Kapila. Most of people read or refer Sāṅkhya Karika to study Sāṅkhya philosophy probably because it is the ...
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Influence of Samkhya on other darshanas
Can I say Sankhya as the oldest hindu philosophy has influenced all the other darshanas like Vedanta? That implies all astika darshanas are derivative from Sankhya, not necessarily conflicting or ...
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Are there verses from scriptures which list 24 tattvas according to Sankhya Darshana?
As we have seen previously that Hinduism believes in the field-fielder (Kshetra–Kshetragna) theory. Prakruti is the field and Purusha is its fielder. Similarly, body is a field (kshetra) and the soul ...
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How are jivas (linga/sookshma sharirs) created as per Advaita?
As per advaita, jivas are nothing but Linga sharira or sookskhma sharira. This has been explained to me by user Pradip Gangopadhyaya before. But I need to know how are jivas created.
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Does the Samkhya Darshana describe 24 tattva belonging only to human state or to all other conscious states?
What would be the Tattva for the Sun or moon or say any star? If I was tree in the previous birth then from where the liking of the certain taste, things etc emerged in my childhood? If tanmatras are ...
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Which schools of Indian philosophy consider the Vedas to be apauruṣeya (authorless) and which don't?
Are Vedānta and Mīmāṃsā the only schools that believe the Vedas to be apauruṣeya? Are there any other schools?
And those that didn't believe this, did they agree with each other on the human ...
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Please help me understand the below passage from Rig veda
I found the passage on Wikipedia page of Samkhya(sankhya) Philosophy.
Seven to the one-wheeled chariot yoke the Courser; bearing seven names the single Courser draws it.
Three-naved the ...
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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 ...
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What was samkhya's criticism on vedanta?
From a site I read the following passage of strong criticism on Sankara's Vedanta.
Later philosophers also declared Mayavada to be crypto-Buddhism. The Sankhya philosopher Vijnana-bhiksu (1550–1600 ...
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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 ...
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What is the view of Vedanta sect on yoga and sankhya?
I have heard that in the vedanta sutras there is some criticism about yoga and sankhya sects.
However in geeta we find that yoga is the main.subject and there are also chapters like sankhya yoga.
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Do the Mimamsa Sutras of Jaimini and the Samkhya Sutras of Kapila explicity reject the existence of a creator?
As some of you must be knowing, Hindu philosophy comprises of six schools of thought:
Vedanta
Mimamsa
Samkhya
Nyaya
Vaisheshika
Yoga
Of these, the Mimamsa and Samkhya schools are considered ...
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Why does Sankhya consider Prakriti as the root cause?
Are there any arguments provided by Sankhya school to hold Prakriti (Mula Prakriti or Pradhana), and not other things like atoms or consciousness, as the root cause of the universe? Maybe somewhere in ...
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Why do some people see Sankhya as the highest truth?
Some people believe Sankhya to be the highest truth. They neglect Advaita. What are their main points for believing like this? Isn't it generally understood and accepted that Advaita is the highest ...
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Do Sankhya and Yoga differ on number of Purushas?
Does the Yoga system, unlike the Sankhya, admit to only one purusa?
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How does Vijnanabhiksu accept Samkhya despite being a theist?
It is said the Samkhya school outrightly rejects the existence of God and considered by many, an atheistic school. However, the sixteenth century Vaishnavite scholar Vijnanabhiksu accepted Samkhya to ...
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How Yoga and Samkhya school of Hindu philosophy are related?
How Yoga and Samkhya school of Hindu philosophy are related? I know that Samkhya and Yoga schools are closely related. But I can not understand one thing. Samkhya is an atheistic school, whereas Yoga ...
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Can somebody explain the Samkhya theory of creation in a clear and concise manner?
Can somebody explain the Samkhya theory of creation in a clear and concise manner? It is crucial because Vedantins also later adopted this view on creation. So this is arguably the standard Hindu ...
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In which verse number of Gita, Krishna tells about sankhya yoga?
In which verse number of Gita, Krishna tells about sankhya yoga?
Especially verse number of any verse in which He tells that He is sankhya yoga among all yogas, or if in any verse he praises sankhya ...
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What is the meaning of Samkhya? [duplicate]
Lord Krishna in Chapter 2 of Bhagavad Gita exposits Samkhya Yoga to Arjuna. Was he propagating Samkhya philosophy which is dry & devoid of any belief in God? If not, what is the meaning of ...
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Who is Āsuri Brāhmaṇa and why did Lord Kapila exposit sāṅkhya to the same?
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam says here (quoted below)
pañcamaḥ kapilo nāma
siddheśaḥ kāla-viplutam
provācāsuraye sāṅkhyaṁ
tattva-grāma-vinirṇayam
that is,
Lord Kapila, foremost among perfected ...
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Did the Vaisheshika school believe Yogis can see atoms?
As I discuss in this question, by far the most popular school of Hindu philosophy is the Vedanta school. But there are five other Astika or orthodox schools of Hindu philosophy: Purva Mimamsa, Samkhya,...
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What is the story of Indra putting everyone to sleep?
As I discuss in this question, by far the most popular school of Hindu philosophy is the Vedanta school. But there are five other Astika or orthodox schools of Hindu philosophy: Purva Mimamsa, Samkhya,...
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What is the story of the Asura Dhanvi attaining the position of Indra?
As I discuss in this question, by far the most popular school of Hindu philosophy is the Vedanta school. But there are five other Astika or orthodox schools of Hindu philosophy: Purva Mimamsa, Samkhya,...
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What is the story of Kubera being cursed to turn into an elephant?
As I discuss in this question, by far the most popular school of Hindu philosophy is the Vedanta school. But there are five other Astika or orthodox schools of Hindu philosophy: Purva Mimamsa, Samkhya,...
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Did any Samkhya philosophers believe in a different Prakriti for each Purusha?
As I discuss in this question, by far the most popular school of Hindu philosophy is the Vedanta school. But there are five other Astika or orthodox schools of Hindu philosophy: Purva Mimamsa, Samkhya,...
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What commentaries on the Samkhya Karika are available in English?
As I discuss in this question, by far the most popular school of Hindu philosophy is the Vedanta school. But there are five other Astika or orthodox schools of Hindu philosophy: Purva Mimamsa, Samkhya,...
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What is the Guru Parampara of the Samkhya philosopher Ishwara Krishna?
As I discuss in this question, by far the most popular school of Hindu philosophy is the Vedanta school. But there are five other Astika or orthodox schools of Hindu philosophy: Purva Mimamsa, Samkhya,...
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What scriptures describe sage Vamadeva attaining Moksha?
As I discuss in this question, by far the most popular school of Hindu philosophy is the Vedanta school. But there are five other Astika or orthodox schools of Hindu philosophy: Purva Mimamsa, Samkhya,...
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Who is the Rishi who cut off his own hands for stealing?
As I discuss in this question, by far the most popular school of Hindu philosophy is the Vedanta school. But there are five other Astika or orthodox schools of Hindu philosophy: Purva Mimamsa, Samkhya,...
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What scriptures describe the story of the frog princess?
As I discuss in this question, by far the most popular school of Hindu philosophy is the Vedanta school. But there are five other Astika or orthodox schools of Hindu philosophy: Purva Mimamsa, Samkhya,...
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What scriptures describe swans separating milk from water?
As I discuss in this question, by far the most popular school of Hindu philosophy is the Vedanta school. But there are five other Astika or orthodox schools of Hindu philosophy: Purva Mimamsa, Samkhya,...
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What is the story of the Pishacha who overheard the Bhagavad Gita?
As I discuss in this question, by far the most popular school of Hindu philosophy is the Vedanta school. But there are five other Astika or orthodox schools of Hindu philosophy: Purva Mimamsa, Samkhya,...
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Did the Samkhya school discuss the danger of Yagna fires to surrounding wildlife?
As I discuss in this question, by far the most popular school of Hindu philosophy is the Vedanta school. But there are five other Astika or orthodox schools of Hindu philosophy: Purva Mimamsa, Samkhya,...
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Did the Samkhya school believe that destroying plants in Yagnas is a sin?
As I discuss in this question, by far the most popular school of Hindu philosophy is the Vedanta school. But there are five other Astika or orthodox schools of Hindu philosophy: Purva Mimamsa, Samkhya,...
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Did the Samkhya school believe that animal sacrifice is an easily remedied sin?
As I discuss in this question, by far the most popular school of Hindu philosophy is the Vedanta school, which bases its tenets on the doctrines laid out in the Brahma Sutras, a work by the sage Vyasa ...
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Why does Gaudapada say the Uttarakurus cannot be proven by perception or inference?
As I discuss in this question, in Hindu philosophy there are three main Pramanas or valid means of knowledge: Pratyaksha or sensory perception, Anumana or inference, and Shabda or scriptural testimony....
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Which Acharyas believe in the two-Kapilas theory and which don't?
As I discuss in this question, by far the most popular school of Hindu philosophy is the Vedanta school. But there are five other Astika or orthodox schools of Hindu philosophy: Purva Mimamsa, Samkhya,...
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How do non-vedanta darshanas deal with shruti statements about Brahman?
Vedanta schools extensively deal with the concept of brahman. What do non-vedanta schools like nyaya-vaishesika, samkhya-yoga etc say about shruti statements about Brahman? How do they reconcile ...
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Who agrees with Adi Shankaracharya on Smriti having no authority over the existence of objects?
As I discuss in this question, by far the most popular school of Hindu philosophy is the Vedanta school, which bases its tenets on the doctrines laid out in the Brahma Sutras, a work by the sage Vyasa ...
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Who are the "Pauranikas" who believed in 30 Tattvas and 8 Pramanas?
As I discuss in this question, one of the most popular forms of Shiva worshipped in South India is the young sage Dakshinamurthi, whose name literally means "the South-facing form". The Advaita ...
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What school of philosophy believes in an infinite number of Tattvas?
The most prominent thinker associated with the Advaita Vedanta school is Adi Shankaracharaya, but he wasn't the founder of Advaita; Adi Shankaracharaya's guru Govinda and Govinda's guru Gaudapada were ...
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Bhagavad Geeta 5.4 - Can one attain samādhi by practicing science?
The Gita 5.4 says:
sāṅkhya-yogau pṛthag bālāḥ pravadanti na paṇḍitāḥ ekam apy
āsthitaḥ samyag ubhayor vindate phalam
Only the ignorant speak of devotional service as being different from ...
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Is the Sankhya Darshana/Philosophy prior to Bhagavad Gita and Upanishads?
We know that there are Six Aastika Philosophy (Shad Darshana) : Sankhya, Yoga, Nyaya, Vaisheshiki,Mimamsa and Vedanta based on Vedas.
In many verses of Bhagavad Gita, the word Sankhya is found ; ...