Seśvara-sāñkhya
From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia
By Swami Harshananda
Seśvara-sāñkhya literally means ‘Sāñkhya that accepts īśvara’.
The Yogadarśana of Patañjali[1] accepts all items of the Sāṅkhya philosophy and adds īśvara as the 26th principle. Hence it is called Seśvara-sāṅkhya.
References[edit]
- ↑ He lived in 200 B. C.
- The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore