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EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY

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Liberation after death, according to Samkhya philosophy, can be termed as
A
videhamukti
B
jivanmukti
C
Both (A) and (B)
D
None of these
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In case of videhamukti, the self attains complete liberation from all sorts of sufferings. This is achieved after death only. Thus, videhamukti is known as kaivalya. This is understood as liberation from the gross body.

Detailed explanation-2: -kaivalya, (Sanskrit: “separateness”) in the Samkhya school of Hinduism, a state of liberation (moksha: literally, “release”) that the consciousness of an individual (purusha: “self” or “soul”) achieves by realizing that it is separate from matter (prakriti).

Detailed explanation-3: -Videha mukti (Sanskrit: meaning “liberation after death or literally liberation from the body") refers to the moksha (liberation from the death and rebirth cycle) after death. It is a concept found in Hinduism and Jainism in relation to ending the samsara (the cycle of death and rebirth).

Detailed explanation-4: -According to Advaita Vedanta, liberation is the only pathway to know the truth of this. „so called‟ real world. Liberation means to free from all unreal knowledge of this. world, so that we can easily liberate our pain by which we get the ultimate peace of self.

Detailed explanation-5: -The cause and effect theory of Samkhya is called Satkārya-vāda (theory of existent causes), and holds that nothing can really be created from or destroyed into nothingness – all evolution is simply the transformation of primal Nature from one form to another.

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