Bhagavad Gita · Mahabharata Codex

Sankhya

साङ्ख्य · sāṅkhya

the path of analysis and knowledge

Literally 'enumeration'. As a philosophy it counts out the principles of nature and sets conscious spirit apart from them. In the Gita the word usually means the way of knowledge as against the way of action. Krishna teaches Arjuna first by Sankhya, in chapter 2, then by yoga, and says that only the unwise think the two are different.

Appears in

Bhagavad Gita 2.39 · Bhagavad Gita 5.4 · Bhagavad Gita 5.5 · Bhagavad Gita 18.13