ABSTRACT
In this chapter the author argues that the plurality of Sāṃkhya traditions is much larger than what is often presented as Sāṃkhya in academic literature on Indian philosophy. Plurality characterizes not only the early history of Sāṃkhya but the later history of Sāṃkhya and the contemporary situation as well. The author argues that there have been several traditions of Sāṃkhya with more or less parallel doctrines, and that in addition nondifferentiated Sāṃkhya has continued to be an important trend of thought in large parts of the Hindu mythological and theological traditions.
