---
type: Index
bundle: sankhya-darshana
bundle_version: "0.13.2"
title: Sāṃkhya-Darśana -- Dharma-OKF Bundle v0.13
description: The dualist, enumerative darshana of Kapila -- purusha-prakriti causation and the discriminative path to kaivalya, completing the six classical darshanas.
darshana:
- Samkhya
concept_count: 20
reference_count: 7
timestamp: '2026-07-10'
okf_version: '0.2'
license: CC BY-SA 4.0
---

# Sāṃkhya-Darśana -- सांख्यदर्शन

**Bundle v0.13.0** -- completes the six classical darśanas (Yoga v0.2, Vedānta-epistemology v0.3 + Upaniṣadic-core v0.6, Mīmāṃsā v0.10, Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika v0.9, Sāṃkhya v0.13).

## What This Bundle Does NOT Claim

This bundle deliberately does not re-derive the full 24/25-tattva evolution ladder (already published across yoga-darshana v0.2, cosmology-creation v0.7, and ayurveda-consciousness v0.11), and does not re-author dharma-foundation v0.1's Antaḥkaraṇa concepts (buddhi, ahaṃkāra, manas, citta) -- those stay canonical in v0.1, with this bundle adding only a doctrinal-source note and reciprocal links. This bundle's payload is what is distinctively Sāṃkhya's own: the causal theory (satkāryavāda), the plural, nirīśvara puruṣa-prakṛti dualism, and the discriminative (viveka-khyāti) path to kaivalya.

## Tier 1 -- Core Dualism & Causation (CRITICAL)

- [Puruṣa](concepts/purusha.md)
- [Prakṛti](concepts/prakriti.md)
- [Satkāryavāda](concepts/satkaryavada.md)
- [Pariṇāmavāda](concepts/parinamavada.md)
- [Vyakta-Avyakta](concepts/vyakta-avyakta.md)

## Tier 2 -- Guṇa Apparatus, Source Framing (HIGH)

- [Guṇa (Sāṃkhya)](concepts/guna-samkhya.md) -- the DOCTRINAL SOURCE of guna as used downstream in bhakti-marga v0.4, cosmology-creation v0.7, and ayurveda-consciousness v0.11; unrelated to nyaya-vaisheshika v0.9's Vaiśeṣika-padārtha sense of guṇa
- [Sattva](concepts/sattva.md)
- [Rajas](concepts/rajas.md) (tamas treated within guna-samkhya.md's body, not a standalone fourth file)

## Tier 3 -- Soteriology (HIGH)

- [Viveka-Khyāti](concepts/viveka-khyati.md) -- the Sāṃkhya METHOD to kaivalya (discrimination), contrasted with Yoga-darshana's nirodha method (v0.2)
- [Kaivalya (Sāṃkhya)](concepts/kaivalya-samkhya.md) -- school-scoped against yoga-darshana v0.2's kaivalya (same word, different method)
- [Avidyā (Sāṃkhya)](concepts/avidya-samkhya.md) -- school-scoped against upanishadic-core v0.6's avidya (dualist error, not non-dual)
- [Bandha (Sāṃkhya)](concepts/bandha-samkhya.md)

## Tier 4 -- Epistemology & Method (MEDIUM-HIGH)

- [Pramāṇa (Sāṃkhya)](concepts/pramana-samkhya.md) -- third school-scoped pramana referent, after vedanta-epistemology v0.3 (Advaita) and nyaya-vaisheshika v0.9 (Nyaya)
- [Anumāna (Sāṃkhya)](concepts/anumana-samkhya.md) -- fourth, briefest referent; defers to nyaya-vaisheshika v0.9 for the developed technical apparatus
- [Kapila](concepts/kapila.md)
- [Sāṃkhya (as Enumeration)](concepts/samkhya-as-enumeration.md)

## Tier 5 -- Historical Strata & School Character (MEDIUM)

- [Nirīśvara](concepts/nirishvara.md) -- primary framing, Samkhya-Pravacana-Sutra 1.92
- [Seśvara Sāṃkhya](concepts/sesvara-samkhya.md) -- named-and-deferred, per the v0.9 Navya-Nyaya precedent
- [Sāṃkhya-Kārikā (as concept)](concepts/samkhya-karika.md)
- [Sāṃkhya-Pravacana-Sūtra (as concept)](concepts/samkhya-pravacana-sutra.md)

## Cross-Bundle Warnings

1. **guṇa** -- SOURCE here (D4 concept-lock decision); v0.4 bhakti-marga, v0.7 cosmology-creation, v0.9 nyaya-vaisheshika (unrelated Vaiśeṣika sense), and v0.11 ayurveda-consciousness are downstream/applied or unrelated referents, not peer usages.
2. **antaḥkaraṇa** (buddhi/ahaṃkāra/manas/citta) -- canonical files remain in dharma-foundation v0.1; this bundle names the doctrinal source only, adds no new concept files, and patches reciprocal links into v0.1's four files.
3. **kaivalya** -- same end-state word as yoga-darshana v0.2; method differs (viveka-khyāti here, nirodha there). School-scoped, not duplicated.
4. **puruṣa** -- explicitly PLURAL; never merge with upanishadic-core v0.6's non-dual ātman/brahman.
5. **pramāṇa / anumāna** -- third and fourth school-scoped referents after vedanta-epistemology v0.3 (Advaita) and nyaya-vaisheshika v0.9 (Nyaya); school-contrast, never consolidation.
6. **nirīśvara** -- primary position for this bundle; Seśvara (theistic) Sāṃkhya named-and-deferred with a brief historical-strata note (not presented as a monolithic, unlayered position).
7. **satkāryavāda** -- directly opposed to nyaya-vaisheshika v0.9's asatkāryavāda/ārambhavāda; named philosophical opponents on causation, not variant readings.
8. **pariṇāmavāda** -- contrasted with vedanta-epistemology v0.3's vivartavāda (real transformation vs. apparent transformation).

## Queued Next

**v0.14 -- itihasa-epic-vocabulary** (audience-facing, feeds the Satyanarayan Katha course). Not yet concept-locked; needs its own dedicated Gate-1 pass.
