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OUTLINES OF SANKHYA
mechanical system of Jainas which can be traced back in a partly historical and partly legendary way through long series of Tirthankaras to a remote aboriginal non Vedic antiquity. The fundamental ideas of Sukhya and Yoga must be, therefore, immensely old."
BASIC CONCEPTIONS:
The main and basic conceptions of Sankhya system are as under:
(1) This universe is founded on the dichotomy of "Purusha"-a purely conscious and sentient principle, and "and "Praktiti a lifeless matter possessing an inherent power of evolution.
(2)The vibratory motion and inter play of three Gunas, namely, Satwa, Rajas and Tamas which are the constituents of Praktiti causing the physicial and psychological phenomena which we witness in life.
(3)Purusha and Prakriti are without beginning and without end.
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