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San·khya  (sängky)
n. Hinduism
A system of Hindu philosophy based on a dualism involving the ultimate principles of soul and potential matter.
[Sanskrit skhya-, based on enumeration, Sankhya, from sakhy, enumeration : sam, together; see sandhi + khyti, he tells.]
Sankhya [ˈsæŋkjə]
n
(Philosophy) one of the six orthodox schools of Hindu philosophy, teaching an eternal interaction of spirit and matter
[from Sanskrit sāmkhya, literally: based on calculation, from samkhyāti he reckons]
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