SANKHYA

Meaning of SANKHYA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsäŋ-kyə ]

noun

Etymology: Sanskrit sāṁkhya, literally, based on calculation

Date: 1788

: an orthodox Hindu philosophy teaching salvation through knowledge of the dualism of matter and souls

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SANKHYA — noun Etymology: Sanskrit sāṁkhya, literally, based on calculation Date: 1788 an orthodox Hindu philosophy teaching salvation through knowledge of the …
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SANKHYA — noun also sam·khya ˈsäŋkyə ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Sanskrit sāṁkhya, literally, based on calculation, philosophical method, from …
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SANKHYA — (n.) A Hindoo system of philosophy which refers all things to soul and a rootless germ called prakriti, consisting of …
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SANKHYA — ( n. ) A Hindoo system of philosophy which refers all things to soul and a rootless germ called prakriti, …
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SANKHYA — /sahng"kyeuh/ , n. one of the six leading systems of Hindu philosophy, stressing the reality and duality of spirit and …
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SANKHYA — noun a hindoo system of philosophy which refers all things to soul and a rootless germ called prakriti, consisting of …
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SANKHYA — [San.khya] n [Skt samkhya, lit., based on calculation] (1788): an orthodox Hindu philosophy teaching salvation through knowledge of the dualism …
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SANKHYA — Pronunciation: ' sä ŋ -ky ə Function: noun Etymology: Sanskrit s ā ṁ khya, literally, based on calculation Date: 1788 …
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YOGA — ˈyōgə noun ( -s ) Etymology: Sanskrit, literally, yoking, union, disciplined activity, from yunakti he yokes — more at yoke …
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TAMAS — ˈtəməs noun ( -es ) Etymology: Sanskrit, darkness — more at temerity : the inertia or dullness that constitutes one …
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SATTVA — ˈsətvə noun ( -s ) Etymology: Sanskrit, literally, existence, from sat, sant existing, true, good — more at sooth : …
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SAMKHYA — Usage: usually capitalized variant of sankhya
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RAJAS — ˈrəjəs noun ( -es ) Etymology: Sanskrit, literally, darkness, dust; akin to Old Norse rökkr darkness, Gothic riqis, Greek erebos …
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PURUSHA — ˈpu̇rəshə noun ( -s ) Etymology: Sanskrit puruṣa, literally, man : the soul that with prakriti constitutes the primary cause …
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PRAKRITI — ˈprəkrəd.ē noun ( -s ) Etymology: Sanskrit prakṛti 1. : unmanifested cosmic energy or potential matter that in Sankhya philosophy …
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JNANA-MARGA — jəˌnänəˈmärgə noun ( -s ) Etymology: Sanskrit jñānamārga, from jñāna + mārga road, way : the Hindu approach to salvation …
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GUNA — ˈgu̇nə, ˈgü- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Sanskrit guṇa thread, quality 1. : one of three primal qualities or elements …
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SAMKHYA — /sahng"kyeuh/ , n. Hinduism. Sankhya.
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PURUSHA — /poor"euh sheuh/ , n. Hinduism. (in Sankhya and Yoga) one's true self, regarded as eternal and unaffected by external happenings. …
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PRAKRITI — /pruk"ri tee/ , n. Hinduism. (in Sankhya philosophy) primal matter or substance from which the physical and mental universe evolves …
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KAPILA — /kah"pi leuh/ , n. fl. early 6th century B.C., Hindu philosopher: reputed founder of the Sankhya system of Hindu philosophy.
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GUNA — /goon"euh/ , n. (in Sankhya and Vedantic philosophy) one of the three qualities of prakriti, or nature, which are passion …
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DARSHAN — Sanskrit Darsana (auspicious viewing), in Hindu worship, the beholding of an auspicious deity, person, or object. The experience results in …
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SAMKHYA — also spelled Sankhya, Sanskrit Samkhya (Enumeration, or Number) one of the six orthodox systems (darshans) of Indian philosophy (q.v.). Samkhya …
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ATOMISM — Synonyms and related words : Aristotelianism, Berkeleianism, Bohr theory, Bradleianism, Cynicism, Cyrenaic hedonism, Cyrenaicism, Dirac theory, Epicureanism, Fichteanism, Hegelianism, Heideggerianism, …
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KAPILA — [Hindu] An incarnation of god Vishnu. He is the son of Kardama Prajapathi and Devahooti. Propounder of Sankhya system of …
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