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Samkhya is an important pillar of Indian philosophical tradition, called shad-darshana, however, of the standard works of Samkhya only three are available at present.These are: Samkhya Sutras attributed to the founder of Samkhya, Kapila; Tattva Samasa, which some authors (Max Muller) consider prior to Samkhya Sutras, [8] and Samkhya Karika authored by Ishvara Krishna.
Samkhya or Sankhya (/ ˈ s ɑː ŋ k j ə /; Sanskrit: सांख्य, romanized: sāṃkhya) is a dualistic orthodox school of Hindu philosophy. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It views reality as composed of two independent principles, Puruṣa (' consciousness ' or spirit) and Prakṛti (nature or matter, including the human mind and emotions).
Guṇa is both a root and a word in Sanskrit. Its different context-driven meanings are derived from either the root or the word. In verse VI.36 of Nirukta by Yāska, a 1st millennium BC text on Sanskrit grammar and language that preceded Panini, Guṇa is declared to be derived from another root Gaṇa, [16] which means "to count, enumerate". [17]
Sanskritisation is the process of introducing features from Sanskrit, such as vocabulary and grammar, into other languages. [1] It is sometimes associated with the " Hinduisation " of a linguistic community, or less commonly, with introducing a more upper- caste status into a community.
The Tamil script (தமிழ் ... an ancient Tamil grammar. ... voiced aspirated respectively. This was used to transcribe Sanskrit words in Sanskrit–Tamil ...
The Tamil language of Dravidian family has absorbed many loanwords from Indo-Aryan family, predominantly from Prakrit, Pali and Sanskrit, [1] ever since the early 1st millennium CE, when the Sangam period Chola kingdoms became influenced by spread of Jainism, Buddhism and early Hinduism. Many of these loans are obscured by adaptions to Tamil ...
Idam (Sanskrit: इदम् or अयम् or इयम्) is a Sanskrit/Tamil/Pali word which denotes location, position, place.In grammar it is used at the beginning or middle of a sentence as a nominative or attributive pronoun, combined with or without ya, adds emphasis to other nouns, propositions etc.; and means – this, here or yonder, present or seen nearby, fit for, or without ...
In Sanskrit grammar, Sāmānādhikaraṇyam, means appositional or syntactic relationship with agreement in gender, number, etc. Its Tibetan equivalent is gźi mthun ñid . [ 2 ] In Hindu philosophy, it is defined as a common reference of two words in an expression each by itself applying to a different object. [ 3 ]