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सांख्या (sAMkhyA)

 
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sAMKya {% (I) a. (f. ख्या) %} 1. Numeral, relating to number
2. deliberating, reasoning, ज्ञानयोगेन सांख्यानां कर्मयोगेन योगिनाम् Bg.iii.3.
sAMKya {% (II) m. %} 1. Name of one of the six systems of Hindu philosophy, ascribed to the sage Kapila and so called as enumerating twenty-five Tatvas or true principles
its object is to effect the final Liberation of the twenty-fifth Tatva, viz., purusha (the soul) from the fetters of the phenomenal creation by conveying a correct knowledge of the twenty-four other Tatvas
the Sānkhya system agrees with Vedāntism in being synthetical, so differing from the analytical Nyāya
its great point of divergence from the Vedānta is its maintaining two principles, which the Vedānta denies
2. a follower of the Sānkhya system of philosophy.