Samkhya Karika

सांख्यकारिका · സാംഖ്യകാരിക

Ishvarakrishna’s verse summary of Samkhya philosophy.

Attributed to Ishvarakrishna Period c. 4th–5th century CE 72 verses

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Structure: Verse
Text type: philosophy
Counting convention: 72 verses in the standard edition; some editions number 73.
Counts: Traditional attribution, not yet independently verified
Rights: Sanskrit source text is in the public domain; the imported edition and translator credits are recorded per text.
Dating source: Approximate scholarly range; traditional chronology differs.
Languages online: Sanskrit

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