INDIAN HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT INDIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who was the founder of the Sankhya School of philosophy?
A
Ramanuja
B
Manu
C
Swami Vivekananda
D
Kapila
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Sage Kapila is traditionally credited as a founder of the Samkhya school.

Detailed explanation-2: -Kapila was the founder of the Sankhya School of philosophy. Kapila, Vedic sage who is often identified as one of the founders of the system of Samkhya, one of six darshans (systems) of Indian philosophy.

Detailed explanation-3: -When he came of age, Kapila is most well-known as the founder of the Samkhya school of Hindu philosophy.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Sankhya philosophy is the dualistic theory of creation or, in other words, causation. It is an ancient theory and originally appeared in the Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita. It was founded by the great sage Kapila, considered older than the Buddha. The meaning of Sankhya is ‘number’ or ‘empirical.

Detailed explanation-5: -Samkhya posits the existence of an infinite number of similar but separate purushas, none superior to any other. Because purusha and prakriti are sufficient to explain the universe, the existence of a god is not hypothesized.

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