Samkhya Philosophy Samkhya is one of the six systems of Indian Philosophy (Shad-Darshana). It is of 2 types – Seshwar Samkhya (believe in God) Nirishwar Samkhya (don’t believe in God), Samkhya is regarded as the most ancient of the Indian Schools of thought. The only available Samkhya works now are Samkhya Sutras of Panchshikha and Samkhya Karika of Ishwar Krishna , Currently, the text that is widely studied as the original text on Samkhya is “Samkhya Karika” by Ishwar Krishna. A philosophy founded by the sage Kapil, author of the Samkhya Karika’s which gives a complete knowledge of Prakriti and Purusha. Samkhya word also denotes knowledge & number, Samkhya literally means correct proper discriminative knowledge as it discern everything through analysis. It enumerates 25 principal elements of cosmic evolution. 25 Tatvas of the universe are first mentioned in this Darshana hence known as a Sankhya Darshana. ...