Panchashika

Indian philosopher

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Panchashika was an Indian philosopher associated with the early development of the Samkhya school of thought. His teachings are mentioned in the Mahabharata and are considered proto-Samkhyan, predating the classical Samkhya of Ishvarakrishna (c. 2nd century CE). The Samkhya system, as attributed to Panchashika, is described as theistic and posits that the unmanifested (avyakta) is the same as the purusha (the self). The Mahabharata references different versions of Samkhya doctrines, including those with 24, 25, or 26 principles, with the latter being theistic.12

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…Asuri and by Asuri to Panchashika. He refers also to Shashtitantra (“Doctrine of 60 Conceptions”), the main doctrines of which he claims to have expounded in the karikas. The Samkhya of Charaka, which is substantially the same as is attributed to Panchashika in the Mahabharata, is theistic and regards the…
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…Asuri and by Asuri to Panchashika. He refers also to Shashtitantra (“Doctrine of 60 Conceptions”), the main doctrines of which he claims to have expounded in the karikas. The Samkhya of Charaka, which is substantially the same as is attributed to Panchashika in the Mahabharata, is theistic and regards the…
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