Sāṃkhya

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Upanishads
gptkb:philosophy
darshana
gptkbp:category astika school
atheistic philosophy
classical Indian philosophy
system of metaphysics
gptkbp:compatibleWith gptkb:Ishvara_(God)
gptkbp:coreText Sāṃkhyakārikā
Sāṃkhyasūtra
gptkbp:debatedBy gptkb:Buddhism
gptkb:Jainism
gptkb:Nyaya
gptkb:Vaisheshika
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Kapila
gptkbp:goal liberation (moksha)
gptkbp:hasConcept gptkb:Prakriti
gptkb:Purusha
tattvas
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sāṃkhya
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Buddhism
gptkb:Upanishads
gptkb:yoga
Samkhya-Yoga
gptkbp:influencedBy Vedic thought
gptkbp:notableCommentators gptkb:Vijnanabhikshu
gptkb:Ishvarakrishna
gptkbp:numberOfTattvas 25
gptkbp:originatedIn ancient India
gptkbp:period pre-classical period
gptkbp:recognizedBy Sanskrit literature
gptkbp:referencedIn gptkb:Bhagavad_Gita
gptkb:Mahabharata
gptkb:Puranas
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:yoga
gptkbp:studiedIn Indian universities
gptkbp:supportsLanguage gptkb:Sanskrit
gptkbp:teaches dualism
plurality of souls
liberation through knowledge
evolution of the universe from Prakriti
non-theistic cosmology
three gunas (sattva, rajas, tamas)
cause and effect theory (Satkaryavada)
enumeration of principles
separation of Purusha and Prakriti
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Mīmāṃsā
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7