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Sankhya

San·khya [ sngkyə ]


noun 
Definition:
 
system of Hindu philosophy: one of six systems of orthodox Hindu philosophy, based on the perpetual interaction of spirit and matter

[Late 18th century. < Sanskrit sāṁkhya- "relating to number"]
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