Samkhyasutra
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Samkhyasutra is an ancient foundational text of the Sāṃkhya school of Indian philosophy, traditionally attributed to the sage Kapila and concerned with enumerating and analyzing the fundamental principles of reality.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Samkhyasutra canonical | 1 |
| Sankhyasutra | 1 |
| Sāṃkhyasūtra | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6916698 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samkhyasutra Context triple: [Tattvasamasa, relatedToWork, Samkhyasutra]
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Samkhyakarika
Samkhyakarika is an early foundational text of the Samkhya school of Indian philosophy, presenting its dualistic metaphysics and theory of liberation in concise verse form.
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Samkhyapravacana-bhashya
Samkhyapravacana-bhashya is a seminal Sanskrit commentary that systematizes and interprets classical Sāṃkhya philosophy within the Indian philosophical tradition.
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Chedasutras
Chedasutras are a group of Jain canonical texts that primarily detail monastic discipline, rules of conduct, and penance for monks and nuns.
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D.
Brahma Sutras
The Brahma Sutras are a foundational Hindu philosophical text that systematically codifies and interprets the teachings of the Upanishads, forming a core scriptural basis for Vedanta.
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E.
Tattvasamasa
Tattvasamasa is a concise classical text of the Samkhya school of Indian philosophy that systematically outlines its fundamental metaphysical principles and categories (tattvas).
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samkhyasutra Target entity description: Samkhyasutra is an ancient foundational text of the Sāṃkhya school of Indian philosophy, traditionally attributed to the sage Kapila and concerned with enumerating and analyzing the fundamental principles of reality.
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A.
Samkhyakarika
Samkhyakarika is an early foundational text of the Samkhya school of Indian philosophy, presenting its dualistic metaphysics and theory of liberation in concise verse form.
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B.
Samkhyapravacana-bhashya
Samkhyapravacana-bhashya is a seminal Sanskrit commentary that systematizes and interprets classical Sāṃkhya philosophy within the Indian philosophical tradition.
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C.
Chedasutras
Chedasutras are a group of Jain canonical texts that primarily detail monastic discipline, rules of conduct, and penance for monks and nuns.
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D.
Brahma Sutras
The Brahma Sutras are a foundational Hindu philosophical text that systematically codifies and interprets the teachings of the Upanishads, forming a core scriptural basis for Vedanta.
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E.
Tattvasamasa
Tattvasamasa is a concise classical text of the Samkhya school of Indian philosophy that systematically outlines its fundamental metaphysical principles and categories (tattvas).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu scripture
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Sanskrit text ⓘ Sāṃkhya text ⓘ philosophical text ⓘ |
| aimsAt |
attainment of liberation
ⓘ
discriminative knowledge (viveka-jñāna) ⓘ |
| associatedWithReligion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| associatedWithSchool | Sāṃkhya ⓘ |
| belongsToTradition | orthodox (āstika) Hindu philosophy ⓘ |
| concernedWith |
cosmology
ⓘ
nature of self ⓘ theory of knowledge ⓘ |
| cosmologicalView | evolution of the universe from primordial prakṛti ⓘ |
| dealsWith |
cause and effect (satkāryavāda)
ⓘ
classification of mental faculties ⓘ proofs for the existence of puruṣa ⓘ suffering and its cessation ⓘ |
| discussesConcept |
bondage (saṃsāra)
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guṇas ⓘ liberation (mokṣa) ⓘ prakṛti ⓘ puruṣa ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
analysis of fundamental principles of reality
ⓘ
enumeration of tattvas ⓘ |
| genre |
Darśana śāstra
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linked to:
Indian philosophical texts (Darśanas)
|
| hasAlternativeName |
Sankhyasutra
ⓘ
linked to:
Samkhyasutra
|
| hasTitle |
Sāṃkhyasūtra
ⓘ
linked to:
Samkhyasutra
|
| historicalAuthenticity | questioned in contemporary Indology ⓘ |
| influenced |
Indian philosophical debates on causation
ⓘ
classical Yoga philosophy ⓘ later Sāṃkhya commentarial literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Sāṃkhya philosophy
ⓘ
linked to:
Samkhya
epistemology ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ |
| ontologicalView | plurality of puruṣas ⓘ |
| originatesFromRegion |
Indian subcontinent
ⓘ
linked to:
भारतीय उपमहाद्वीप
|
| partOf | Sāṃkhya textual tradition ⓘ |
| philosophicalPosition | dualism of puruṣa and prakṛti ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
Sāṃkhya darśana
ⓘ
linked to:
Samkhya
|
| relatedWork |
Sāṃkhyakārikā
ⓘ
linked to:
Samkhyakarika
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| scripturalStatus | foundational text for Sāṃkhya school (traditional view) ⓘ |
| teachesMethod | discriminative insight between puruṣa and prakṛti ⓘ |
| textType | aphoristic treatise ⓘ |
| traditionalAuthorshipStatus | disputed among modern scholars ⓘ |
| traditionallyAttributedTo | Kapila ⓘ |
| usesForm | sūtra ⓘ |
| writtenInLanguage | Sanskrit ⓘ |
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linked to: Samkhyasutra