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# Matsyapurana 3.29

Matsyapurāṇa 3.29

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.3.29)

sāṃkhyaṃ saṃkhyātmakatvāc ca kapilādibhir ucyate  
etat tattvātmakaṃ kṛtvā jagad vedhā ajījanat //

> Lord Brahmâ created the Universe by the help of the above enumerated elements; and Sânkhya, which is one of the six systems of Hindu philosophy, is so called by Kapila, etc., because it enumerates these elements.—29.  
> — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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## Translations (2)

- [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.3.p17) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
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