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San⋅khya

[sahng-kyuh]
–noun
one of the six leading systems of Hindu philosophy, stressing the reality and duality of spirit and matter.
Also, Samkhya.


Origin:
1780–90; < Skt sāṅkhya
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San·khya   (säng'kyə)   
n.   Hinduism
A system of Hindu philosophy based on a dualism involving the ultimate principles of soul and potential matter.

[Sanskrit sāṁkhya-, based on enumeration, Sankhya, from saṁkhyā, enumeration : sam, together; see sandhi + khyāti, he tells.]
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