Sāṃkhya, “enumeration” or “discrimination”, is among the oldest Indian philosophies. Its classical text is Īśvarakṛṣṇa’s Sāṃkhya Kārikā. It holds that reality consists of many pure consciousnesses and one primordial matter, from which twenty-three principles evolve, and that liberation comes from knowing their difference. Yoga takes over its metaphysics.
Sāṃkhya
The Indian philosophy of enumeration, distinguishing pure consciousness from matter and its evolutes.
Also: Samkhya, Sankhya