{"id":2545,"date":"2025-05-03T21:52:24","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T16:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2545"},"modified":"2025-05-03T21:52:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T16:22:25","slug":"q-with-reference-to-the-history-of-philosophical-thought-in-india-consider-the-following-statements-regarding-sankhya-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-with-reference-to-the-history-of-philosophical-thought-in-india-consider-the-following-statements-regarding-sankhya-school","title":{"rendered":"Q. With reference to the history of philosophical thought in India, consider the following statements regarding Sankhya school:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sankhya&nbsp;<strong>does not accept&nbsp;<\/strong>the theory of rebirth or transmigration of soul.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sankhya holds that it is the self-knowledge that leads to liberation and not any exterior influence or agent.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Which of the statements given above is\/are correct?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list mcq\">\n<li>1 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Both 1 and 2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Neither 1 nor 2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer: (b) 2 only<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"sankhya-school-of-philosophy\">Sankhya School of Philosophy:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Founder:&nbsp;<strong>Kapil Mani<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Core Philosophy:&nbsp;<strong>It postulates that everything, in reality, stems from&nbsp;Purusha&nbsp;(self or soul or mind) and&nbsp;Prakriti&nbsp;(matter, creative agency, energy).<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This is the&nbsp;<strong>oldest school&nbsp;of philosophy.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/samkhya-school-of-philosophy-upsc\/\">Samkhya\u2019s<\/a>&nbsp;tendency of thought pervades all the literature of ancient India, including the&nbsp;Srutis, Smritis and Puranas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>According to tradition, the first work of the Samkhya School is the&nbsp;<strong>Samkhya-sutra.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The&nbsp;<strong>Samkhya is a dualistic realism philosophy.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Theory of Causation<\/strong>:&nbsp;The Samkhya metaphysics, especially its doctrine of Prakriti, rests mainly on its theory of causation, known as&nbsp;satkarya-vada.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It accepts only&nbsp;<strong>three&nbsp;types of&nbsp;knowledge (pramana):<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Pratyaksha:&nbsp;Perception<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anumana:&nbsp;Inference<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shabda:&nbsp;Hearing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which of the statements given above is\/are correct? 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