sāṃkhya

Dictionary meanings for sāṃkhya from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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sāṃkhya

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a. [saṃkhyayā nirvṛttaṃ aṇ] 1 Relating to number.

2 Calculat- ing, enumerating.

3 Discrimina- tive.

4 Deliberating, reasoning, a reasoner; tvaṃ gatiḥ sarvasāṃkhyānāṃ yo- gināṃ tvaṃ parāyaṇaṃ Mb. khyaḥ, khyaṃ N. of one of the six systems of Hindu philosophy, attributed to the sage Kapila; (this philosophy is so cal- led because it ‘enumerates’ twenty- five Tattvas or true principles; and its chief object is...

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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

mfn. (fr. saṃ-khyā) numeral, relating to number W. 1199,1 241218 mfn. relating to number (in gram. as expressed by the case-terminations &c) Pat. 1199,1 241219 mfn. rational, or discriminative W. 1199,1 241220 m. one who calculates or discriminates well, (esp.) an adherent of the Sa1m2khya sāṃkhya doctrine Cu1lUp.; MBh. &c 1199,1 241221

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