noun
also sam·khya ˈsäŋkyə
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Sanskrit sāṁkhya, literally, based on calculation, philosophical method, from saṁkhyā calculation, number, from saṁkhyāti he counts up
: one of the earliest of the major orthodox systems of Hindu philosophy resting on a metaphysical dualism that exists between the ultimates of prakriti and purusha whose contact produces the phenomenal world and whose disentangling represents the process of individual salvation