Sāṃkhya

The Sāṃkhya system took a definitive form in the Sāṃkhyakārikā of the fourth century. Its account enumerated 25 principles and held that liberation came from distinguishing consciousness from nature. Vijñānabhikṣu, a philosopher from Bihar dated to the fifteenth or sixteenth century, wrote commentaries on Sāṃkhya and argued for a unity between it, Yoga and Vedānta.