Attempt this previous-year question. The correct option stays hidden until you choose.
With reference to the history of philosophical thought in India, consider the following statements regarding Sankhya school:
1. Sankhya does not accept the theory of rebirth or transmigration of the soul.
2. Sankhya holds that it is the self-knowledge that leads to liberation and not any exterior influence or agent.
Which of the statements given above is /are correct?
Pick an option to check yourself.
• Correct Answer: B
• Sankhya accepts rebirth (Samsara) and karma, holding that Purusha (soul) is bound to Prakriti through ignorance (Avidya).
• Liberation (Kaivalya) is achieved through discriminative self-knowledge (Viveka-jnana), not through external rituals or divine grace.
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