Sânkhya
(Sk.)
The system of philosophy founded by Kapila Rishi, a system of analytical metaphysics, and one of the six Darshanas or schools of philosophy. It discourses on numerical categories and the meaning of the twenty‐five tatwas (the forces of nature in various degrees). This “atomistic school”, as some call it, explains nature by the interaction of twenty‐four elements with purusha (spirit) modified by the three gunas (qualities), teaching the eternity of pradhâna (primordial, homogeneous matter), or the self‐transformation of nature and the eternity of the human Egos. (TG).
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- Quotes: H. P. Blavatsky
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Shortly: The system of philosophy founded by Kapila Rishi, a system of analytical metaphysics, and one of the...