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(3) Dravya Samkhya (physical aspect of samkhya), (4) Aupamya Samkhya (samkhya determined through a metaphor), (5) Parimaan Samkhya (samkhya as measure or extent), (6) Jnana Samkhya (samkhya as determinant of knowledge), (7) Ganana Samkhya (samkhya as counting), and (8) Bhaava Samkhya (samkhya as essence).
Elaboration-The common meaning of samkhya is number or that which is employed for counting, to separate it from other meanings of the term it is mentioned here as Ganana Samkhya (samkhya as counting) The word samkh of Prakrit language is transcribed two ways-samkhya (number) and shankh (conch-shell) Therefore in each of the eight way attribution of this term, relevant of the two meanings should be considered. In this discussion of samkhya the following standards of validation will be discussed
Aupamya Samkhya-To convey the measure of a thing with the help of a metaphor (aphorism 492)
Parimaan Samkhya-This 's employed to express the number of books of the canon (aphorism 494)
Jnana Samkhya-This informs about an expert of a field or subject based on the knowledge ' has (aphorism 496)
Ganana Samkhya-Samkhya as counting (aphorism 497)
Bhaava Samkhya-This relates to the twogross body popularly known as shankh or conch : ell
(१ - २ ) नाम - स्थापनासंख्या
४७८. से किं तं नामसंखा ?
नामसंखा जस्स णं जीवस्स वा अजीवस्स वा, जीवाण वा अजीवाण वा, तदुभयस्स वा तदुभयाण वा संखा ति णामं कज्जति । से तं नामसंखा ।
४७८. (प्र.) नामसंख्या क्या है ?
( उ . ) जिस जीव का अथवा जीव का, जीवों का अथवा अजीवों का (बहुवचन) अथवा तदुभय (एक जीव, एक अजीव दोनों) का अथवा तदुभयों (अनेक जीवों-अजीवो दोनों) का 'संख्या' ऐसा नाम किया जाता है, वह नामसख्या है।
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