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The Samkhya gives a description of categories based on their respective productive efficiency viz:

The Samkhya gives a description of categories based on their respective productive efficiency viz:

# प्रकृति Prakriti, Productive

# प्रकृति Prakriti, Productive

# प्रकृति-विकृति (Prakriti- Vikriti) Productive and Produced

# प्रकृति-विकृति (Prakriti- Vikriti) Productive and Produced. These are seven in number.

# विकृति(Vikriti) Produced

# विकृति(Vikriti) Produced. These are sixteen in number.

# अनुभव रूप (Anubhavarupa) Neither Productive nor Produced

# अनुभव रूप (Anubhavarupa) Neither Productive nor Produced. This is Purusha.

This fourfold classification includes all the twenty-five principles or Tatvas. Prakriti or Nature or Pradhana (chief) is purely productive. It is the root of all. It is not a product. It is a creative force, evolver, producer. Seven principles— बुद्धि (Buddhi, intellect), अहंकार (Ahankara, egoism) and the five तन्मात्र [[Tanmatras]] (subtle essences - the essence of sight, smell, taste, touch and sound)—are productions and Productive. Buddhi is productive, as Ahankara is evolved out of it. it is produced also, as it itself is evolved out of prakriti. Egoism is a production, as it is derived from intellect. It is productive, as it gives origin to the five Tanmatras. The subtle essences (Tanmatras) are derived from egoism. Hence they are productions. They give origin to the five elements. Hence they are productive.

This fourfold classification includes all the twenty-five principles or Tatvas. Prakriti or Nature or Pradhana (chief) is purely productive. It is the root of all. It is not a product. It is a creative force, evolver, producer. Seven principles— बुद्धि (Buddhi, intellect), अहंकार (Ahankara, egoism) and the five तन्मात्र [[Tanmatras]] (subtle essences - the essence of sight, smell, taste, touch and sound)—are productions and Productive. Buddhi is productive, as Ahankara is evolved out of it. it is produced also, as it itself is evolved out of prakriti. Egoism is a production, as it is derived from intellect. It is productive, as it gives origin to the five Tanmatras. The subtle essences (Tanmatras) are derived from egoism. Hence they are productions. They give origin to the five elements. Hence they are productive.