सांख्य sāṃkhya
girl / boy / neuter 2 syllables SLP1 sAMKya

As a deity name

Name 611 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees

Name 758 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees

As a Hindi name

सांख्य · noun · masculine

हिंदुओं के छह् दर्शनों में से एक दर्शन जिसके कर्ता महर्षि कपिल हैं · शिव · वह जो सांख्यमत का अनुयायी हो (को॰) — Śabdasāgara

सांख्य · adj

संख्या संबंधी · आकलनकर्ता । गणक · विवेचक — Śabdasāgara

सांख्य · sānkhya · adj.

Relating to number or calculation, numeral; enumerating; deliberating; reasoning — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 629

As a Sanskrit word

Meaning

numeral, relating to number

Scripturally attested Verified derivation

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Gender counterpart

The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.

Dictionary citations

Monier-Williams (1899) · सांख्य

sāṃkhya mfn. (fr. saṃ-khyā) numeral, relating to number, W.

Monier-Williams (1899) · सांख्य

relating to number (in gram. as expressed by the case-terminations &c.), Pat.

Monier-Williams (1899) · सांख्य

rational, or discriminative, W.

Monier-Williams (1899) · सांख्य

sāṃkhya m. one who calculates or discriminates well, (esp.) an adherent of the Sāṃkhya doctrine, CūlUp.; MBh. &c.

Monier-Williams (1899) · सांख्य

N. of a man, Car.

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