Kapila explains the quintessence of the Sankhya philosophy to Devahuti in the Bhagavata Purana. The Sankhya sastra expounded in the Bhagavata Purana and in the Bhagavad Gita lays emphasis on ...

Sankhya philosophy divides all things that are there into two radically different kinds: Things whichpossess consciousness or rather are constituted of chetana or consciousness, and things which ...

Sankhya and Yoga form the building blocks of Indian philosophy. Sankhya means “enumeration”. To understand this philosophy, we have to compare and contrast it with yoga. Yoga means “union ...

Sankhya philosophy says the interaction of Purusha and Prakriti produces matter and the worlds. Purusha is an omniscient, omnipresent and indivisible entity.

Sankhya philosophy elucidates this process: from Prakriti arise ahankara, maha tattva, the panchtanmatra, and the panchbhuta. Through a divine engineering process, subtle elements multiply ...

The only ‘God-fearing’ candidate among the orthodox schools is perhaps Uttar Mimansa, of which Shankara’s ad-vaita or vedantic philosophy is the best known example.

The Sankhya philosophy holds that the Prakriti comprising the three gunas is the basis of the entire range of creation. Krishna analyses human nature and shows how the three gunas determine the ...

The sankhya philosophy also says that a mixture of the three makes the cosmic mind as well as the human mind. Bhagwad Gita talks in great detail about the nature, yagna as well as diet depending ...