Sankhya

Or Sam·khya

[sahng-kyuh]

noun

1. one of the six leading systems of Hindu philosophy, stressing the reality and duality of spirit and matter.

Sankhya

/ ˈsæŋkjə /

noun

1. one of the six orthodox schools of Hindu philosophy, teaching an eternal interaction of spirit and matter

Word History and Origins

Origin of Sankhya¹

First recorded in 1780–90, Sankhya is from the Sanskrit word sāṅkhya

Word History and Origins

Origin of Sankhya¹

from Sanskrit sāmkhya, literally: based on calculation, from samkhyāti he reckons

Example Sentences

Yoga and Sankhya schools of philosophy of the Indian tradition are similar to Buddhist way in this regard.

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Philip Rucker and Sankhya Somashekhar contributed to this report.

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Sankhya Somashekhar contributed to this report.

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The religious ecstasies of the Friends of God were the counterpart of the Samadhi or beatific insensibility of the Hindu; and the supreme good which they set before themselves was the same as that of the Sankhya school—the renunciation of the will and the freedom from all passions and desires, even that of salvation.

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Manes had robbed the elder Mazdeism of its vitality when he assigned to the Evil Principle complete dominion over Nature and the visible universe, and when he adopted the Sankhya philosophy, which teaches that existence is an evil, while death is an emancipation for those who have earned spiritual immortality, and a mere renewal of the same hated existence for all who have not risen to the height of the austerest maceration.

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