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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A system of Hindu philosophy based on a dualism involving the ultimate principles of soul and potential matter.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One of the six leading systems of Hindu philosophy.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A Hindu system of philosophy which refers all things to soul and a rootless germ called prakriti, consisting of three elements, goodness, passion, and darkness.

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  • proper noun Alternative spelling of Samkhya.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

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

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