Seśvara-sāñkhya

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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]

  1. He lived in 200 B. C.
  • The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore

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