Sankhya

[ sahng-kyuh ]

/ ˈsɑŋ kyə /

one of the six leading systems of Hindu philosophy, stressing the reality and duality of spirit and matter.

Origin of Sankhya

First recorded in 1780–90, Sankhya is from the Sanskrit word sāṅkhya

In the later system of emanation of Sankhya there is a more marked approach to a materialistic doctrine of evolution.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 |Various
Sankhya, san′ky, n. one of the six great systems of orthodox Hindu philosophy.

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) |Various
And again: "In the later system of emanation of Sankhya there is a more marked approach to a materialistic doctrine of evolution."

Mr. Gladstone and Genesis |Thomas Henry Huxley
In India the Sankhya philosophy was the preparation for the Buddhist religion.

Ten Great Religions |James Freeman Clarke

They are without much difficulty reducible to three leading schools of thought—the Nyaya, the Sankhya, and the Vedanta.

Two Old Faiths |J. Murray Mitchell and William Muir

Sankhya

/ (ˈsæŋkjə) /

one of the six orthodox schools of Hindu philosophy, teaching an eternal interaction of spirit and matter

from Sanskrit sāmkhya, literally: based on calculation, from samkhyāti he reckons