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'''Samkhya''' ([[wyl.]] ''grangs can pa'') - The Samkhya, or 'Enumerators', are followers of the sage [[Kapila]] (Tib. ''ser skya''). They assert that all objects of knowledge can be classified into [[twenty-five principles]].
'''Samkhya''' ([[wyl.]] ''grangs can pa'') - The Samkhya, or 'Enumerators', are followers of the sage [[Kapila]] (Tib. ''ser skya''). They assert that all objects of knowledge can be classified into [[twenty-five principles]].
==Subdivisions==
There are two kinds of Samkhyas: non-theists and theists who believe in [[Ishvara]].


[[Category:Philosophical Tenets]]
[[Category:Philosophical Tenets]]
[[Category:Non-Buddhist Schools]]
[[Category:Non-Buddhist Schools]]

Revision as of 09:19, 11 June 2007

Samkhya (wyl. grangs can pa) - The Samkhya, or 'Enumerators', are followers of the sage Kapila (Tib. ser skya). They assert that all objects of knowledge can be classified into twenty-five principles.

Subdivisions

There are two kinds of Samkhyas: non-theists and theists who believe in Ishvara.