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Detailed explanation-1: -Samkhya regards ignorance (avidyā) as the root cause of suffering and bondage (Samsara). Samkhya states that the way out of this suffering is through knowledge (viveka). Mokṣa (liberation), states Samkhya school, results from knowing the difference between prakṛti (avyakta-vyakta) and puruṣa (jña).

Detailed explanation-2: -1) Main aim of the Sankhya system: The main premise of putting forth this philosophy is to mitigate suffering caused by three kinds of misery/pain (dukhatraya-abhighata), namely adhyatmika, adhibhautika and adhidaivika, intra-organic, extra-organic and the ones caused by supernatural agencies respectively.

Detailed explanation-3: -Samkhya adopts a consistent dualism of matter (prakriti) and the eternal spirit (purusha). The two are originally separate, but in the course of evolution purusha mistakenly identifies itself with aspects of prakriti. Right knowledge consists of the ability of purusha to distinguish itself from prakriti.

Detailed explanation-4: -By responding to this query Sāṁkhya philosophy expressed that Prakriti is the first and ultimate cause of all objects of the world both gross and subtle. Prakṛti is the ultimate cause of the universe. It is regarded as the first cause. All effects of the universe are based upon it.

Detailed explanation-5: -Thought movement, Transformation. Manifestation.