sankhya

Writings related to the Sankhya school of Indian Philosophy.

Tattvasamasa

Translation/ by Jon W. Fergus, Universal Theosophy, July, 2015 [Last Updated: May 27, 2021]

Introduction: “On the Tattvasamāsa and its place in Sāṃkhya,” by Prof. Max Müller SANSKRIT TRANSLITERATION (IAST) TRANSLATION 1. aṣṭau prakṛtayaḥ… Read More »Tattvasamasa

Sāṃkhya Kārikā

Translation/ by Har Dutt Sharma, 1933 [Scanned PDF]

Salutations to that Kapila who, feeling compassion on the world sinking in the ocean of ignorance, constructed a boat in… Read More »Sāṃkhya Kārikā

The Sankhya and Yoga Philosophy

Article/ by A. J. Cooper-Oakley, The Theosophist, March, 1888

These two systems are so closely linked together that any attempt to treat the one without the other would be… Read More »The Sankhya and Yoga Philosophy

On the Tattvasamāsa and its place in Sāṃkhya

Article/ by Friedrich Max Müller, 1899 [drawn from The Six Systems of Indian Philosophy, p.224-229 & 242-243]

However far the Kārikās of Īsvara-Kṛṣṇa may go back, they are what they are, a metrical work in the style… Read More »On the Tattvasamāsa and its place in Sāṃkhya

Kapila Rishi

Article/ by Jon W. Fergus, Universal Theosophy, August, 2013 [Last Updated: January 23, 2025]

At the outset it must be admitted that the composition of a historical biography of Rishi Kapila is, in our… Read More »Kapila Rishi

The Sankhya Philosophy

Article/ by Bertram Keightley, Lucifer Magazine, September-October, December, 1896; January-April, 1897 [Serialized]

Part I There are six great systems of philosophical thought, all native to the soil of India, which are accounted… Read More »The Sankhya Philosophy

Introduction to Sankhya

Article/ by Jon W. Fergus, Universal Theosophy, August-September, 2013 [Serialized] [Last Updated: August 25, 2020]

[Note: this article is a continuation of our biography of Kapila Rishi.] Part 1 As we found in our earlier… Read More »Introduction to Sankhya

The Prince and the Woodman

Translation/ by Charles Johnston, Oriental Department Papers, August, 1896

A certain prince, born under an evil star, was cast out from the city, and fed by a certain woodman.… Read More »The Prince and the Woodman

Summary of Recent Developments in Regards to Samkhya Texts

Article/ by David Reigle, Theosophy Nexus, September, 2013

In Indian tradition, Sāṃkhya is regarded as the oldest philosophical system, and its founder, Kapila, is regarded as the first… Read More »Summary of Recent Developments in Regards to Samkhya Texts

India—“The Alma-Mater”

Article/ by Anon., Theosophy Magazine, May-July & September-November, 1931 [Serialized]

I: The Eternal Religion Forty years ago, expounding Theosophical tenets, W. Q. Judge called them “Echoes from the Orient.” His… Read More »India—“The Alma-Mater”

Sāṃkhya and the Wisdom-Religion

Article/ by David Reigle, Fohat Magazine, (2000, 2015)

The existence of the once universal Wisdom-Religion was made known to the modern world by H. P. Blavatsky, who called… Read More »Sāṃkhya and the Wisdom-Religion