[Advaita-l] Sankhyathrayam

Mahadevan Babu babunim at optushome.com.au
Thu Jun 16 04:22:25 CDT 2011


Hari Om,
Yes, that is  be a good anology.

My doubt arose as I am hearing about 2 schools of SAnkhyam being:
a) Kapila Sankhyam  ( as in Srimad Bhagavadam)
b) Krishna SAnKhyam

Not sure, if there is another one that is referred here.

Sri Gurubyo Namaha !

M.Babu



On 16/06/2011, at 8:14 AM, V Subrahmanian wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 5:55 PM, Mahadevan Babu <babunim at optushome.com.au>wrote:
> 
>> 
>>> 
>>> Sri Gurubyo Namaha !
>> 
>> Can one of the learned Pundits please give me the details on the 3
>> different principles of Sankhyam.
>> I see it comes in the Bridhavali of Sringeri Acharyals, where HE is adorned
>> as " sAnKhyathraya-prathipAdhaka  ".
>> 
>> What are the 3 schools of sAnkhyam mentioned here please.
>> 
>> Dhanyavaadah
>> 
>> Hari Om
>> M.Babu
>> 
> 
> 
> The wording found in the Panchaangam is:
> 
> सकलनिगमागमसारहृदय-सांख्यत्रयप्रतिपादक-
> (as found in the sringeri mutt website
> http://www.sringeri.net/2009/12/29/stotra/guru/guru-vandanam.htm)
> 
> This is a guess:
> 
> I think this refers to the prasthAnatraya consisting of the Upanishads, the
> Brahmasutras and the Bhagavadgita.  These constitute the essence, the heart,
> of the entire Vedic lore.  'Saankhya' refers to Vedanta jnAna as is found in
> the 2nd chapter of the Bh.Gita: sAnkhyayogaH.
> 
> Maybe more appropriate explanations will be given by others.
> 
> Regards,
> subrahmanian.v
> 
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