August 03, 2025 32 min read
Samkhya: Prakrit, Purusa, Causation, Liberation.
Sage Kapila is the founder of the Sāmkhya system and his work Sāmkhyaśūtra is the first work of this school. The Sāmkhya is considered to be a very old system since its ideas pervade the Indian literature including the srutis, smritis and purāņas. This system is described as atheistic (niriśvara) as distinguished from yoga which is called the theistic (Śeśvara).
