Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s7.t9.5

v1.c7.s7.t9.5

(namely 25 basic concepts in theories of this school - *Purusha*, *Prakrti*, *Buddhi*, self control, eye, ear, nose, tongue, skin, vocal organ, hand, foot, excretory organ, reproductive organ, heart, fragrant, flavour, colour, feel, sound, earth, water, fire, wind and air). Its various philosophical thoughts are included in this frame. *Samkhya* holds a parinama-vada theory, which believed that things in the world and life were formed by the mutual interaction of material *Prakrti* and psychogenic Purusha (two realities). According to this school, transformed things (other [Figure: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (front cover)]