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The fact that Badarayana and Shankaracharya are keen to reject  
 
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The Samkhya system is called Nir-Isvara (Godless). It is non-theistical but not Nastika or atheistical, because it does not deny the existence of God. It is Nir-Ishvara, as it explains all and every fact of experience without reference to and without invoking the intervention of a divine agency.<ref name=":4" />
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The Samkhya system is called Nir-Isvara (Godless). It is non-theistical but not atheistical, because it does not deny the existence of God. It is Nir-Ishvara, as it explains all and every fact of experience while not referring to and without invoking the intervention of a divine agency.<ref name=":4" />
    
The creation produced by Prakrti  has an existence of its own, independent of all connection with the particular Purusha to which it is united. So the Sankhyas say that there is no need for an intelligent Creator of the world, or even of any superintending power. According to the Vedanta, Prakrti  is non-intelligent. An intelligent Creator alone can have a thought-out plan for the universe. Prakrti  is only a Sahkari (helper).<ref name=":0" />
 
The creation produced by Prakrti  has an existence of its own, independent of all connection with the particular Purusha to which it is united. So the Sankhyas say that there is no need for an intelligent Creator of the world, or even of any superintending power. According to the Vedanta, Prakrti  is non-intelligent. An intelligent Creator alone can have a thought-out plan for the universe. Prakrti  is only a Sahkari (helper).<ref name=":0" />

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