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The 13 pages that link to Samkhya, each with the reason it gives.

• HinduismBroader topic: Samkhya concepts influenced Hindu theories of perception, bondage, and liberation.

• YogaRelated: Its distinction between consciousness and nature underlies classical yoga’s account of liberation.

• Buddhist philosophyCompared with: Its enduring selves contrast with Buddhist accounts of persons without a permanent self.

• NyayaCompared with: Nyaya offers a different account of self and reality from Sāṃkhya’s two-principle framework.

• JivaCompared with: Its separation of consciousness and matter parallels jiva and ajiva but differs in detail.

• Hindu cosmologyRelated: Samkhya offers a philosophical account of manifestation distinct from deity-centered creation narratives.

• MayaCompared with: It accounts for worldly experience through Prakriti, not through Maya as an appearance of Brahman.

• Raja yogaRelated: Classical Yoga shares Samkhya’s metaphysical distinction while adding a disciplined path of practice.

• PatañjaliRelated: Its metaphysical distinction between consciousness and nature underlies much of the text.

• VaisheshikaCompared with: Its two fundamental realities differ sharply from Vaisheshika’s many substances and categories.

• Hindu philosophyBroader topic: Its distinction between puruṣa and prakṛti gives liberation a distinctive explanatory mechanism.

• KapilaNarrower topic: Kapila is traditionally identified as the school’s founder.

• Vāchaspati MiśraRelated: His Sāṃkhyatattvakaumudī interprets Īśvarakṛṣṇa’s foundational account of this school.