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Samkhya

Samkhya proper noun: one of the six schools of classical Indian philosophy.

Proper noun

Samkhya

  1. (Hinduism) One of the six schools of classical Indian philosophy.

Samkhya meaning in Sanskrit

Samkhya in Sanskrit

Samkhya
सांख्य sāṃkhya

Forms of Samkhya

alternative formSankhya

Origin of Samkhya

From Sanskrit सांख्य (sāṃkhya, “enumerating, reckoning up”).

Questions about Samkhya

What does Samkhya mean?
Samkhya means one of the six schools of classical Indian philosophy.
What is Samkhya in Sanskrit?
Samkhya in Sanskrit is सांख्य (sāṃkhya). See Samkhya meaning in Sanskrit.
What part of speech is Samkhya?
Samkhya is a proper noun.

Words near Samkhya in the dictionary

  1. samizdaty
  2. Samjetsabam
  3. samjna
  4. Samkani
  5. Samkhar
  6. Samkhya
  7. Samkov
  8. Samkova
  9. SAML
  10. Samland
  11. Samlandic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Samkhya (page history and authors); सांख्य (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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