Multiple choice

Which of the following statements regarding Sankhya school of philosophical thought is/are correct?

  1. Sankhya does not accept the theory of rebirth or transmigration of soul.
  2. Sankhya holds that it is the self-knowledge that leads to liberation and not any exterior influence or agent.

  1. 1 only

  2. 2 only

  3. Both 1 and 2

  4. Neither 1 nor 2
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Sankhya yoga believes that self-knowledge leads to liberation. Almost all the rest of the philosophies of India adopted Sankhya as its main base. Sankhya yoga also believes in rebirth. According to Sankhya darshan, each purusha experiences bhoga, apavarga and takes birth repeatedly until kaivalya (moksha).

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